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Anyone know how to get an Absolute Path from Relative?

I have a small recursive copy utility that copies files matching Pattern to a target directory. I'm stuck trying to figure out how to get the absolute path if the user puts a relative path on the command line.

I want to be able to catch if the target folder is a potential source folder as the recursion progresses and notify the user etc..

Also it would be generally useful to have an AbsoluteFromRelative() function.

Here's the simple loop

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Have you tried the AbsolutePath function?

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Try Quick Search for Autohotkey or see the tutorial for newbies.

That's it exactly. Thanks

edit: this person thinks like I do. Leverage existing functionality. Handles both folders and file paths. Main differences: For folders it returns with the trailing slash; can do file path as well as folder path(which is probably why it retains the slash);

http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43623

Thanks for the link as it led to several approaches.

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