pathconvert
converts a path to an OS path format.
Syntax
paths = pathconvert(paths) paths = pathconvert(paths, flagtrail) paths = pathconvert(paths, flagtrail, flagexpand) paths = pathconvert(paths, flagtrail, flagexpand, type)
Arguments
- paths
a string matrix giving a set of file paths
- flagtrail
optional boolean, used to add a trailing file separator to the paths (
\or/, depending on the target path format). Default value is true (%t).- flagexpand
optional boolean, used to expand leading variables in paths. Default value is true (
%t).- type
optional string, used to specify the target path format:
'u'for POSIX path format (GNU/Linux,...), and'w'for Windows path format.
Description
pathconvert is used to convert a set of paths,
to be compatible with an OS (Operating System) path format.
For example Windows path style uses / for file separator,
while it is \ on other OS.
By default, the paths are converted to the current OS path format (but another path
format can be specified with argument type).
 | When some Windows-like paths starting with a drive letter like "C:" are converted
to a non-Windows format, the drive letter is then converted using the
cygwin convention, with the /cygdrive/ header.
For example, C:\tmp will be converted to /cygdrive/C/tmp. |
flagtrail is used to add or remove a file
separator (depending on the target path format) to the end
of paths. When the parameter is set to true, a trailing file
separator is added if missing. Otherwise, the trailing file
separators are removed.
flagexpand is used to expand the leading
Scilab environment variables in paths. The following
variables are accepted:
SCIWSCISCIHOMETMPDIRhome(or~)
 | WSCI is unknown on GNU/Linux and
~ in term "path" is unknown on Windows. |
Examples
pathconvert("SCI/modules/foo", %f, %t, "w") pathconvert("SCI\modules\foo", %f, %t, "u") pathconvert("SCI\modules\foo", %t, %t, "u") pathconvert("SCI/modules/foo", %f, %f, "w") pathconvert("SCI/modules/foo", %t, %f, "w") pathconvert("C:/tmp", %f, %f, "u") pathconvert("/cygdrive/c/tmp", %f, %f, "w")
History
| Version | Description |
| 5.2.0 | flagtrail=%f now removes existing trailing "/" or "\" separators. |
| Report an issue | ||
| << is_absolute_path | Paths - Filenames | pathsep >> |