GetCanonicalPath

Returns the canonical path of a file, resolving all relative path elements and symlinks

Method Signature

GetCanonicalPath(path=[string])

Arguments

Argument	Type	Required	Description	Default
path	string	true	The file or directory path string

Examples

getCanonicalPath Example

Returns the canonical path of the input path.

Run Example

writeOutput( getCanonicalPath( getBaseTemplatePath() ) );

Additional Examples

Run Example

base_path = getBaseTemplatePath();
canonical = getCanonicalPath( base_path );
dump( canonical );
 // /var/task

Related

• ContractPath

• CreateTempDirectory

• CreateTempFile

• DirectoryCopy

• DirectoryCreate

• DirectoryDelete

• DirectoryExists

• DirectoryList

• DirectoryMove

• DirectoryRename

• ExpandPath

• FileAppend

• FileClose

• FileCopy

• FileDelete

• FileExists

• FileGetMimeType

• FileInfo

• FileIsEOF

• FileMove

• FileOpen

• FileRead

• FileReadBinary

• FileReadLine

• FileSeek

• FileSetAccessMode

• FileSetAttribute

• FileSetLastModified

• FileSkipBytes

• FileWrite

• FileWriteLine

• GetDirectoryFromPath

• GetFileInfo

• getTempFile

• PropertyFile