absolute_path

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# `absolute_path`

`absolute_path` -- returns the absolute path of the given file.

## Syntax

    absolute_path (filename)

## Arguments

`filename`

  The name of a disk file.

## Returns

The absolute path of the file.

## Description

This function returns the absolute path of the given file, with extraneous ../ constructs removed, and with the full QNX 4 node number added. The filename can be relative or absolute, on any node on the network.

## Example

        Gamma> absolute_path(".profile");
        "//1/home/andrewt/.profile"

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