Scilab 5.5.2
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getshortpathname
gets short path name
Calling Sequence
shortpath = getshortgpathname(longpath) [shortpath, bOK] = getshortpathname(longpath)
Arguments
- longpath
a character string or matrix of strings: the long path.
- shortpath
a character string or a matrix of strings: the short path.
- bOK
a boolean or a matrix of boolean:
%Tif path has been converted else%F.
Description
The getshortpathname primitive converts the
specified path longpath to its short form.
 | Note: If the path cannot be converted ( bOK is %F) and in particular if the
operating system is not Windows, the returned short path is identical to the
input long path. |
Examples
[shortpath,bOK]=getshortpathname(SCI) [shortpaths,bOKs]=getshortpathname([SCI;SCI])
See Also
- getlongpathname — gets long path name
- getrelativefilehname — given absolute directories and absolute filenames, returns relative file names
- pwd — gets Scilab current directory
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