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From: bkbarret@sactoh0.UUCP (Brent K. Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Full pathname of file wanted
Message-ID: <859@sactoh0.UUCP>
Date: 13 Apr 89 18:42:01 GMT
References: <883@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
Organization: Sacramento Public Access, Ca. USA
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In article <883@syma.sussex.ac.uk>, leilabd@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Leila Burrell-Davis) writes:
> I would like to pass to a program the full pathname of a file
> whose location I give relative to the current directory. For
> example, if I am in directory C:\SUBA\SUB1 and give the command
> FOO ..\SUB2\MYFILE.EXT
> I would like FOO to issue the command MYPROG C:\SUBA\SUB2\MYFILE.EXT
> for preference, although MYPROG C:\SUBA\SUB1\..\SUB2\MYFILE.EXT
> would probably be ok as well.

 For what language and what type of application? 
 
 If it's in C, it's a trivial matter.  If in BASIC or some other
language I'm not familiar with on the PC then I'm afraid I can't
help you.
 
 If in C, just grab the current working directory (getcwd()), and
appen the path supplied as an argument (adding a backslash if
needed).

-- 
"Thanks, Data; I noticed."

Brent Barrett ..pacbell!sactoh0!bkbarret GEMAIL: B.K.BARRETT