ExpandPath

Creates an absolute, platform-appropriate path that is equivalent to the value of 'path', appended to the base path.

This function (despite its name) can accept an absolute or relative path in the 'path' attribute.

Method Signature

ExpandPath(path=[string])

Arguments

Argument	Type	Required	Description	Default
path	string	true	Relative or absolute directory reference or filename, to convert to an absolute path. Can include forward or backward slashes.

Examples

Expand the current path

Run Example

expandPath( "./" );

Result: /Users/scottsteinbeck/Downloads/BL-1468/

Expand the parent folder path

Run Example

expandPath( "../" );

Result: /Users/scottsteinbeck/Downloads/BL-1468/

Expand the path to a subfolder

Run Example

expandPath( "path/to/subfolder" );

Result: /Users/scottsteinbeck/Downloads/BL-1468/path/to/subfolder

Related

• ContractPath

• CreateTempDirectory

• CreateTempFile

• DirectoryCopy

• DirectoryCreate

• DirectoryDelete

• DirectoryExists

• DirectoryList

• DirectoryMove

• DirectoryRename

• FileAppend

• FileClose

• FileCopy

• FileDelete

• FileExists

• FileGetMimeType

• FileInfo

• FileIsEOF

• FileMove

• FileOpen

• FileRead

• FileReadBinary

• FileReadLine

• FileSeek

• FileSetAccessMode

• FileSetAttribute

• FileSetLastModified

• FileSkipBytes

• FileWrite

• FileWriteLine

• GetCanonicalPath

• GetDirectoryFromPath

• GetFileInfo

• getTempFile

• PropertyFile