created: 20150203152000000
modified: 20150221223858000
tags: Macros [[Core Macros]]
title: resolvepath Macro
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
caption: resolvepath

The <<.def resolvepath>> [[macro|Macros]] takes a relative path and an absolute path. It interprets the former relative to the latter, and returns the absolute equivalent of the former.

Folders in the paths are delimited by `/`.

The special folder name `.` denotes the current folder, and `..` denotes the parent folder.

If the absolute path indicates a folder, it needs to end with `/`. Anything after the final `/` is treated as an arbitrary filename within the intended path, and is discarded.

If no absolute path is supplied, the relative path is returned unchanged, except that anything after the final `/` is discarded.

The return value is a path, but does <<.em not>> end with `/`.

!! Parameters

;source
: the relative path
;root
: the absolute path

<<.macro-examples "resolvepath">>