getrelativefilename

Arguments

abs_dir

A character string : the absolute directory

abs_file

A character string : the absolute filename

rel_file

A character string : relative filename

Description

Given an absolute directory and an absolute filename, returns a relative file name.

For example, if the current directory is C:\scilab\bin and the filename C:\scilab\modules\helptools\readme.txt is given, getrelativefilename will return ..\modules\helptools\readme.txt.

Examples

getrelativefilename(pwd(), SCI+'/COPYING')
getrelativefilename(TMPDIR, SCI+'/COPYING')
getrelativefilename(SCI+'/bin', SCI+'/COPYING')
getrelativefilename(pwd(), SCI+'/ACKNOLEDGMENTS')
getrelativefilename(TMPDIR, SCI+'/ACKNOLEDGMENTS')
getrelativefilename(SCI+'/bin', SCI+'/ACKNOLEDGMENTS')

See Also

• getshortpathname — get short path name (Only for Windows)
• getlongpathname — get long path name (Only for Windows)
• pwd — print Scilab current directory

Authors

Pierre MARECHAL