gives an absolute pathname of a file opened in Scilab
[filepath, filename] = get_absolute_file_path()
filepath = get_absolute_file_path(filename)
a character string: name of the file.
a character string: an absolute path.
get_absolute_file_path(filename)
searches in Scilab's
internal list of currently opened files the file with name filename
and returns its path pathname
.
If file is not opened, it will return an error.
Without input arguments and called from a script, get_absolute_file_path()
returns the absolute path of the script and optionally its name. When called without input arguments
from the command line get_absolute_file_path()
returns an error.
![]() | In previous version (Scilab 5.0.x) current directory was
returned if file was not found. |