The canonical path of the specified filename.
The canonical path of the specified filename, eliminating any symbolic links encountered in the path (if they are supported by the operating system)
Questions tagged [realpath]
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What does servletcontext.getRealPath("/") mean and when should I use it
In the following snippet:
ServletContext context = request.getServletContext();
String path = context.getRealPath("/");
What does / in the method getRealPath() represent? When should I use it?
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How to translate the wslpath /home/user/ to windows path
I use Linux subsystem of windows 10(windows 10 version 1803)
I can use command line:
user@laptop:~$ wslpath -w /c/
C:\
But when I try to use
user@laptop:~$ wslpath -w ~
wslpath: /home/user: Result not representable
Even I use:
user@laptop:~$…
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Example of realpath function in C
I'm looking for an example of how to use the realpath function in a C program. I can't seem to find one on the web or in any of my C programming books.
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How to save generated file temporarily in servlet based web application
I am trying to generate a XML file and save it in /WEB-INF/pages/.
Below is my code which uses a relative path:
File folder = new File("src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/pages/");
StreamResult result = new StreamResult(new File(folder, fileName));
It's…
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realpath() without resolving symlinks?
I already read about realpath(), but is there a function that I can pass a base directory and a filename that would give me the following result without resolving symlinks or checking whether files actually exist? Or do I have to use a modified…
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realpath returns empty string
I use MediaWiki but there is an error. I found it in the files. There is line with this code:
$IP = realpath( '.' );
But $IP returns an empty string, so the path to the files in the system is not working. (for example if $IP would be . or…
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Alternative to 'realpath' to resolve "../" and "./" in a path
realpath does what I need, but only works if the files in the path actually exist.
I need a function which returns a normalized path from a string (e.g. ../some/./directory/a/b/c/../d to some/directory/a/b/d), regardless of whether the…
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How can I get real path for file in my WebContent folder?
I need to get real path for file in my WebContent directory, so that framework that I use can access that file. It only takes String file as attribute, so I need to get the real path to this file in WebContent directory.
I use Spring Framework, so…
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Replace PHP's realpath()
Apparently, realpath is very buggy. In PHP 5.3.1, it causes random crashes.
In 5.3.0 and less, realpath randomly fails and returns false (for the same string of course), plus it always fails on realpath-ing the same string twice/more (and of course,…
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How does PHP realpath cache work under the hood?
I have been unable to figure out what the realpath cache is actually doing.
Here are some of the questions I have:
When exactly is a path cached, and under what criteria might it not be cached?
How is it cached? In memory, on the file system,…
Gerard Roche
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get realPath return null on android marshmallow?
I am using this function to get the image path from uri:
private static String getRealPathFromURI(Context context, Uri contentUri) {
Cursor cursor = null;
try {
String[] proj = {MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA};
…
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python os.path.realpath not working properly
I have following code:
os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + "/../test")
path.append(os.getcwd())
os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
Which should add /../test to python path, and it does so, and it all runs…
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How to get canonicalized path (realpath) of nonexistent file in PHP?
script.php
$filename = realpath(sprintf("%s/%s", getcwd(), $argv[1]));
var_dump($filename);
Let's try some things
[/foo/bar/bof] $ php script.php ../foo.txt
string(16) "/foo/bar/foo.txt"
[/foo/bar/bof] $ php script.php…
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Android Q - How to get real path of Downloads folder
With Intent.ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT_TREE I get this uri :
content://com.android.providers.downloads.documents/tree/downloads
How can I convert it to /storage/emulated/0/Download - the real path?
I don't want use…
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Cross-platform alternative to this realpath definition?
So, someone recently submitted some bug fixes to my project, and they also included this:
#ifdef _MSC_VER
#ifndef PATH_MAX
#define PATH_MAX _MAX_PATH
#endif
#define realpath(N,R) _fullpath((R),(N),_MAX_PATH)
#endif
The problem is…
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