GetAbsolutePathName Method

 

Returns a complete and unambiguous path from a provided path specification.

Syntax

object.GetAbsolutePathName(pathspec) 

Arguments

• object
  Required. Always the name of a FileSystemObject.

• pathspec
  Required. Path specification to change to a complete and unambiguous path.

Remarks

A path is complete and unambiguous if it provides a complete reference from the root of the specified drive. A complete path can only end with a path separator character (\) if it specifies the root folder of a mapped drive.

Assuming the current directory is c:\mydocuments\reports, the following table illustrates the behavior of the GetAbsolutePathName method.

pathspec (JScript)	pathspec (VBScript)	Returned path
"c:"	"c:"	"c:\mydocuments\reports"
"c:.."	"c:.."	"c:\mydocuments"
"c:\\"	"c:\"	"c:\"
"c:*.*\\may97"	"c:*.*\may97"	"c:\mydocuments\reports\*.*\may97"
"region1"	"region1"	"c:\mydocuments\reports\region1"
"c:\\..\\..\\mydocuments"	"c:\..\..\mydocuments"	"c:\mydocuments"

The following example illustrates the use of the GetAbsolutePathName method.

function ShowAbsolutePath(path)
{
   var fso, s= "";
   fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
   s += fso.GetAbsolutePathName(path);
   return(s);
}

Function ShowAbsolutePath(path)
   Dim fso
   Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
   ShowAbsolutePath = fso.GetAbsolutePathName(path)
End Function

Applies To:

FileSystemObject Object

See Also

GetBaseName Method
GetDrive Method
GetDriveName Method
GetExtensionName Method
GetFile Method
GetFileName Method
GetFileVersion Method
GetFolder Method
GetParentFolderName Method
GetSpecialFolder Method
GetTempName Method