getrelativefilename

Arguments

abs_dir

a character string: an absolute directory.

abs_file

a character string: an absolute filename.

rel_file

a character string: relative filename.

Description

Given an absolute directory abs_dir and an absolute filename abs_file, getrelativefilename returns a relative file name rel_file.

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 — gets short path name
• getlongpathname — gets long path name
• pwd — gets Scilab current directory