absolutepath.m

Convert path representations.

Description

ABSOLUTEPATH returns the absolute path relative to a given startpath.
    The startpath is optional, if omitted the current dir is used instead.
    Both argument must be strings.
 
    Syntax:
       abs_path = ABSOLUTEPATH( rel_path, start_path )

Acknowledgements

This file inspired Absolutepath and Coverage Report Generator.

• MATLAB release: MATLAB 6.0 (R12)

[Daniel]

fails for absolute network paths like \\server\data

[Jonathan Karr]

Great work! I had the same comments as Bob; the function needed to be modified slightly to work on linux. See http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/29768 for updated function.

[Bob Henz]

Did what I wanted with little modification but...

1) Shouldn't use lower() function because some systems are case sensitive.

2) Would be nicer if it handled filenames as well.

3) For PCs both '/' and '\' are valid dividers but this only considers filesep (which on PCs is '\') I know this is a PC vs Unix querkiness but might be better to actively convert all '\' AND '/' to the filesep character.