getlongpathname

gets long path name

Calling Sequence

longpath=getlongpathname(shortpath)
[longpath,bOK]=getlongpathname(shortpath)

Arguments

shortpath a character string or matrix of strings:  the short path.

: :longpath a character string or matrix of strings: the long path. : :bOK a boolean or a matrix of boolean: %T if path has been

converted else %F.

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Description

The getlongpathname primitive converts the specified path shortpath to its long form. If no long path is found, this primitive returns the specified name.

Note: If the path cannot be converted (bOK = %F) and in particular if the operating system is not Windows, the returned long path is identical to the input short path.

Examples

[longpath,bOK]=getlongpathname(SCI)
[longpaths,bOKs]=getlongpathname([SCI;SCI])

See Also

• getshortpathname gets short path name
• getrelativefilehname given an absolute directory and an absolute filename, returns a relative file name
• pwd print Scilab current directory