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toAbsolutePath -- the absolute path version of a file name

Synopsis

Description

i1 : toAbsolutePath "a/b.m2"

o1 = /home/m2user/build/BUILD/Macaulay2-1.24.11-build/M2-release-1.24.11/M2/
     BUILD/aarch64-redhat-linux-gnu/Macaulay2/packages/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.

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For the programmer

The object toAbsolutePath is a function closure.