realpath

Version 1.0.0.0 (1.63 KB) by Anthony Corr
Resolves relative paths and extra filesep characters in the input.
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Updated version of realpath by M MA using suggestions made on that file submission and additional testing. Works for Windows, may need some tweaks for Unix. Substantially faster than original version in testing.

Resolves relative paths and extra filesep characters in the input.

Syntax:
OUTPUT = REALPATH(THEPATH)

where THEPATH is the path to a file or folder, which should exist.

Example:
realpath('../myfile.txt');
% returns /home/user/whatever/myfile.txt

Cite As

Anthony Corr (2024). realpath (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/26360-realpath), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R2009b
Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
Windows macOS Linux
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Version Published Release Notes
1.0.0.0