How to get absolute path of file/dir with Custom IC Skill

I'm not entirely sure what you're asking for, but it's probably simplifyFilename. For example, simplifyFilename("./localFile") will convert it too the full path.

Andrew.

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for your reply.

In my question, I want to ask that how to get absolute path of file/dir with Custom IC Skill. And file/dir is any included ( localFile, external file,...)

Example:

Enter: ./filename.il
Result: /parentA/parentB/parentC/../filename.il

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for your reply.

In my question, I want to ask that how to get absolute path of file/dir with Custom IC Skill. And file/dir is any included ( localFile, external file,...)

Example:

Enter: ./filename.il
Result: /parentA/parentB/parentC/../filename.il

Not sure what you mean by "localFile" "external file" but did you actually try using simplifyFilename? That will give the full path for a local file or directory.

Andrew.

Yes, I tried to use simplifyFileName but the result is not my expectation. Actually, simplifyFilename(./filename) will return "/current_path/filename".
But I want to return the absolute of filename ( filename here is in other direction, not in current direction).
Please help me to clarify. 
Thank you.

I have no idea what you're talking about. What is "absolute of filename" or "filename here is in other direction, not in current direction"? What does the "direction" of a file mean? (files don't have directions - so I'm a bit mystified as to what you're asking).

Perhaps you can give a detailed example - explaining where the file actually is on the file system, and what your working directory is, and what  you are expecting to pass to the function (assuming there is a function) and what you're expecting it to return.

Andrew.

Yes.
Below are detailed information of example:
My working directory is "/proj/cad/users/phuongtruong/skill_cadence/run_tools/virtuoso"
File which need to get absolute path : absolute_path.il in directory "/proj/cad/users/phuongtruong/skill_cadence/sample/"

==> I need to get absolute path of file "absolute_path.il"

Isn't that just going to be:

dir="/proj/cad/users/phuongtruong/skill_cadence/sample"
file="absolute_path.il"
fullPath=strcat(dir "/" file)

Or if you want to resolve links etc, then it would be:

simplyFilename(strcat(dir "/" file))

I must be missing something here, because this seems pretty obvious - so I'm guessing you're really trying to ask something else.

Andrew.

Hi Andrew,
The expected result is "/proj/cad/users/phuongtruong/skill_cadence/sample/absolute_path.il"

That's exactly what the strcat in my previous post gives. So is that what you want?

Andrew.

Hi Andrew,

I re-tried to use simplifyFilename and the result as my expectation. Thank you very much for your help. 

Best Regards,

Phuong Truong