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abspath Source code in abspath.pro

abspath

Name
             abspath
Purpose
             converts relative path to absolute path
Category
             File utilities
Calling Sequence
          absolute_path = abspath(relpath)
Input Parameters
             repath     -  Path which might contain relative expressions.
Optional Input Parameters

Keyword Parameters

Output Parameters
              Returns absolute path.
Optional Output

Side Effects

Restrictions
            Relative path should not exceed root directory.
            Works under unix systems only (assuming "/" as directory
            changer).
Procedure
             Exploits CD and strepex utilities.
Example
            print,abspath("../../")
Revision History
            $Log: abspath.pro,v $
            Revision 1.1  2004/10/29 09:30:12  goehler
            Alpha version of relative path converter. Works for UNIX systems only.

Last modified by pro2html on 2005 January 04 at 16:37 UTC

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