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Description

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

Syntax

object.GetAbsolutePathName(pathspec)

The GetAbsolutePathName method syntax has these parts:

Part Description

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 Returned 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"

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