std::experimental::filesystem::canonical

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Filesystem library (filesystem TS)
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Defined in header <experimental/filesystem>
path canonical( const path& p, const path& base = current_path() );
(1) (filesystem TS)
path canonical( const path& p, error_code& ec );
(2) (filesystem TS)
path canonical( const path& p, const path& base, error_code& ec );
(3) (filesystem TS)

Converts path p to a canonical absolute path, i.e. one that has no dot, dot-dot elements or symbolic links.

If p is not an absolute path, the function behaves as if it is first made absolute by absolute(p, base) or absolute(p) for (2)

The path p must exist.

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[edit] Parameters

p - a path which may be absolute or relative to base, and which must be an existing path
base - base path to be used in case p is relative
ec - error code to store error status to

[edit] Return value

An absolute path that resolves to the same file as absolute(p, base (or absolute(p) for (2)}}.

[edit] Exceptions

The overload that does not take a error_code& parameter throws filesystem_error on underlying OS API errors, constructed with p as the first argument, base as the second argument, and the OS error code as the error code argument. std::bad_alloc may be thrown if memory allocation fails. The overload taking a error_code& parameter sets it to the OS API error code if an OS API call fails, and executes ec.clear() if no errors occur. This overload has
noexcept specification:  
noexcept
  

This function is modeled after the POSIX realpath.

[edit] Example

#include <iostream>
#include <filesystem>
namespace fs = std::experimental::filesystem;
int main()
{
    fs::path p = fs::path("..") / ".." / "AppData";
    std::cout << "Current path is " << fs::current_path() << '\n'
              << "Canonical path for " << p << " is " << canonical(p) << '\n';
}

Possible output:

Current path is "C:\Users\abcdef\AppData\Local\Temp"
Canonical path for "..\..\AppData" is "C:/Users\abcdef\AppData"

[edit] See also

represents a path
(class)
composes an absolute path
converts a path to an absolute path replicating OS-specific behavior
(function)