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\name{normalizePath}
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\alias{normalizePath}
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\title{Express File Paths in Canonical Form}
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\description{
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  Convert file paths to canonical form for the platform, to display them
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  in a user-understandable form.
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}
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\usage{
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normalizePath(path)
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}
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\arguments{
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  \item{path}{character vector of file paths.}
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}
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\details{
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#ifdef unix
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  Where the platform supports it this turns paths into absolute paths
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  in their canonical form (no \code{./}, \code{../} nor symbolic links).
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#endif
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#ifdef windows
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  This converts relative paths to absolute paths, and converts short
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  names to long names.  It will always use backlashes as the path separator.
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#endif
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  If the path is not a real path the result is undefined but will most
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  likely be the corresponding input element.
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}
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\value{
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  A character vector.
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}
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\examples{
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cat(normalizePath(c(R.home(), tempdir())), sep = "\n")
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}
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\keyword{ utilities }