GetCanonicalPath

Description

Returns the canonical path string of the input path string. This function resolves the absolute path as well as the shorthands or redundant names like "." and "..". It also resolves the case of the drive letter in Windows.

Returns

The resolved file path.

Category

System functions

Function syntax

GetCanonicalPath( path )

History

ColdFusion (2018 release) Update 1: Added the function.

ColdFusion (2016 release) Update 7: Added the function.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
path	Absolute or relative path of a directory or to a file.

Example

<cfscript>
 file1 = createObject("Java", "java.io.File")
 file1="C:/foo/bar/tmp/a.txt/"
 file2="c:\abc\..\abc\file.txt"
 writeOutput(getCanonicalPath(file1))
 writeOutput(getCanonicalPath(file2))
</cfscript>

Output

C:\foo\bar\tmp\a.txt

C:\abc\file.txt

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