getAbsolutePath           package:R.utils           R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Gets the absolute pathname string.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     ## Default S3 method:
     getAbsolutePath(pathname, workDirectory=getwd(), expandTilde=FALSE, ...)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

pathname: A 'character' string of the pathname to be converted into an
          absolute pathname.

workDirectory: A 'character' string of the current working directory.

expandTilde: If 'TRUE', tilde ('~') is expanded to the corresponding
          directory, otherwise not.

     ...: Not used.

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     This method will replace replicated slashes ('/') with a single
     one.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     Returns a 'character' string of the absolute pathname.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Henrik Bengtsson (<URL: http://www.braju.com/R/>)

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'isAbsolutePath'().

