Relative path to absolute path in C#?

Question

I have xml files that contain href file paths to images (e.g. \"....\\images\\image.jpg\"). The hrefs contain relative paths. Now, I need to extract the hrefs to the images

Answer 1

It`s best way for convert the Relative path to the absolute path!

string absolutePath = System.IO.Path.GetFullPath(relativePath);

Answer 2

string exactPath = Path.GetFullPath(yourRelativePath);

works

Answer 3

Assuming you know the real directory the XML file lives in use Path.Combine, e.g.

var absolute_path = Path.Combine(directoryXmlLivesIn, "..\images\image.jpg");

If you want to get back the full path with any ..'s collapsed then you can use:

Path.GetFullPath((new Uri(absolute_path)).LocalPath);

Answer 4

This worked for me.

//used in an ASP.NET MVC app
private const string BatchFilePath = "/MyBatchFileDirectory/Mybatchfiles.bat"; 
var batchFile = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath(BatchFilePath);

Answer 5

Have you tried Server.MapPath method. Here is an example

string relative_path = "/Content/img/Upload/Reports/59/44A0446_59-1.jpg";
string absolute_path = Server.MapPath(relative_path);
//will be c:\users\.....\Content\img\Upload\Reports\59\44A0446_59-1.jpg

Answer 6

This worked.

var s = Path.Combine(@"C:\some\location", @"..\other\file.txt");
s = Path.GetFullPath(s);