Path.toAbsolute

Convert path to absolute path.

struct Path
@safe const
toAbsolute
()

Return Value

Type: Path

new instance of Path that represents current path converted to absolute path. Also, this method will automatically do tilde expansion and normalization of path.

Throws

Exception if the specified base directory is not absolute.

Examples

import dshould;

version(Posix) {
    auto cdir = std.file.getcwd;
    scope(exit) std.file.chdir(cdir);
    std.file.chdir("/tmp");

    Path("foo/moo").toAbsolute.toString.should.equal("/tmp/foo/moo");
    Path("../my-path").toAbsolute.toString.should.equal("/my-path");
    Path("/a/path").toAbsolute.toString.should.equal("/a/path");

    string home_path = "~".expandTilde;
    home_path[0].should.equal('/');

    Path("~/my/path").toAbsolute.toString.should.equal("%s/my/path".format(home_path));
}

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