Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition GetAbsolutePathName Method | Language Reference Version 3

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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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