Relative to absolute path

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Re: Relative to absolute path by grinder (Bishop) on Jul 12, 2004 at 08:01 UTC
This is a FAQ. Typing "relative absolute" into the search box above yields a few threads, of which I can especially recommend: Absolute pathnames from relative? More searching will turn up other nodes on the same question but I think that one has all the answers you want. - another intruder with the mooring of the heat of the Perl	[reply]
Re^2: Relative to absolute path by ciryon (Sexton) on Jul 12, 2004 at 08:20 UTC
Thanks, my bad. All that I needed was actually: `$listdirectory = Win32::GetFullPathName("$ARGV[0]\\..\\listfiles");` [download] Thanks again.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Relative to absolute path by iburrell (Chaplain) on Jul 12, 2004 at 15:49 UTC
Don't use Win32::API, use File::Spec. It is portable and standard.	[reply]
Re: Relative to absolute path by stajich (Chaplain) on Jul 12, 2004 at 12:37 UTC
I use File::Spec. `use File::Spec; my $abspath = File::Spec->rel2abs($relpath);` [download] Also see the canonpath() method for cleaning up extra slashes.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Relative to absolute path by rrwo (Friar) on Jul 12, 2004 at 20:36 UTC
Take a look at File::Spec. There is a canonpath (canonical path) functuon that should clean up a path like that, as well as a rel2abs function that should convert it to an absolute path.	[reply]