toAbsolutePath -- the absolute path version of a file name

Description

i1 : toAbsolutePath "a/b.m2"

o1 = /usr/share/Macaulay2/Macaulay2Doc-
     temporary/a/b.m2

Paths of the form foo/x/../bar, are shortened to foo/bar without checking the file system to see whether x is a symbolic link. For the other behavior, see realpath.

See also

• File -- the class of all files
• minimizeFilename -- minimize a file name
• relativizeFilename -- relativize a file name
• baseFilename -- the base part of a filename or path
• path -- list of directories to look in
• rootPath
• rootURI