VBS Tutorial: Method-getabsolutepathname Method _vbs

Getabsolutepathname method

Returns a complete and well-defined path from the specified path provided.

object.GetAbsolutePathName(pathspec)

Parameters

Object

Required option. The name that should be FileSystemObject.

Pathspec

Required option. The path specified, which is to be converted to a complete and well-defined path.

Description

If the path provides a full reference starting from the root directory of the specified drive, the path is complete and meaningful. If the path specifies the root folder of a mapped drive, the path can only end with the path delimiter (\).

Assuming the current directory is c:\mydocuments\reports, the following table shows an example of the action performed by the getabsolutepathname method.

Pathspec	return path
"C:"	"C:\mydocuments\reports"
"C:.."	"C:\mydocuments"
"c:\\\"	"C:\"
"C:*.*\may97"	"C:\mydocuments\reports\*.*\may97"
"Region1"	"C:\mydocuments\reports\region1"
"C:\." \.. \MyDocuments "	"C:\mydocuments"

Apply to: FileSystemObject object

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