getshortpathname

gets short path name

Calling Sequence

shortpath=getshortgpathname(longpath)
[shortpath,bOK]=getshortpathname(longpath)

Arguments

longpath a character string or matrix of strings:  the long path.

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

path.

: :bOK a boolean or a matrix of boolean: %T if path has been

converted else %F.

:

Description

The getshortpathname primitive converts the specified path longpath to its short form.

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

Examples

[shortpath,bOK]=getshortpathname(SCI)
[shortpaths,bOKs]=getshortpathname([SCI;SCI])

See Also

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