absolute_path: Get the absolute path of a file name
In tharte/tutils: Tom's UTILity functionS

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Get the absolute path of a file name

1	absolute_path(filename)

filename

character string - file name

character string - absolute path of file name

Thomas P. Harte

path, dirname, basename

  make_filename<- function() {
      if (.Platform$OS.type=="windows") {
          filename<- "u:/foo/bar.csv"
      }
      else if (.Platform$OS.type=="unix") {
          filename<- "~/foo/bar.csv"
      }
      else {
          stop(sprintf("%s not recognized", .Platform$OS.type))
      }

      filename
  }
  (filename<- make_filename())
  absolute_path(filename)