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TrueName()

Completes a relative path to include the root directory.

Syntax

TrueName( <cPath> ) --> cRoot

Arguments

<cPath>

A character string holding a valid path specification like "." or "..\..\".

Return

The function returns a character string containing a full path name beginning from the root directory. If <cPath> is invalid, the return value is a null string ("").

Info

See also:	AfterAtNum(), Token()
Category:	CT:DiskUtil , Directory functions
Source:	ct\disk.c
LIB:	xhb.lib
DLL:	xhbdll.dll

Example

// The example shows the result of TrueName()

   PROCEDURE Main

      ? TrueName( "..\lib" )   // result: C:\xhb\lib

      ? TrueName( "..\..\dll\xhbdll.dll" )
                               // result: C:\xhb\dll\xhbdll.dll
   RETURN