ExpandPath

ExpandPath(relative_path)

relative_path

Relative or absolute directory reference or filename, within the current directory, (.\ and ..) to convert to an absolute path. Can include forward or backward slashes.Files in the custom tag directory are also resolved. For instance, if there is a file test.txt in the custom tag directory (C:\Zeus), the function (with \test.txt) returns C:\Zeus\test.txt.

<h3>ExpandPath Example</h3>

<cfset thisPath=ExpandPath("*.*")>
<cfset thisDirectory=GetDirectoryFromPath(thisPath)>
<cfoutput>
The current directory is: #GetDirectoryFromPath(thisPath)#

<cfif IsDefined("form.yourFile") AND form.yourFile is not "">
<cfset yourFile = form.yourFile>
<cfif FileExists(ExpandPath(yourfile))>
<p>Your file exists in this directory. You entered
the correct filename, #GetFileFromPath("#thisPath#/#yourfile#")#
<cfelse>
<p>Your file was not found in this directory:
<br>Here is a list of the other files in this directory:
<!--- use cfdirectory to give the contents of the
snippets directory, order by name and size --->
<cfdirectory directory="#thisDirectory#"
name="myDirectory"
sort="name ASC, size DESC">
<!--- Output the contents of the cfdirectory as a cftable --->
<cftable query="myDirectory">
<cfcol header="NAME:"
text="#Name#">
<cfcol header="SIZE:"
text="#Size#">
</cftable>
</cfif>
</cfif>
</cfoutput>

<form action="expandpath.cfm" method="post">
<h3>Enter the name of a file in this directory <i>
<font size="-1">(try expandpath.cfm)</font></i></h3>
<input type="text" name="yourFile">
<input type="submit" name="">
</form>