getshortpathname
gets short path name
Syntax
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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