Method GetAbsolutePath

Engine/source/EtCore/FileSystem/FileUtil.cpp:395–422

--------------------------------- FileUtil::GetAbsolutePath Gets the absolute path relative to the executable

// Gets the absolute path relative to the executable
//
std::string FileUtil::GetAbsolutePath(std::string const& path)
{
	// full path unedited
	std::string combinedPath;

	// if the path is already absolute we just trim without appending the exe dir
	if (IsAbsolutePath(path))
	{
		combinedPath = path;
	}
	else
	{
		combinedPath = GetExecutableDir() + path;
	}

	// remove excess delimiters first so that removing parent directories is reliable
	RemoveExcessPathDelimiters(combinedPath);

	// remove .. and . tokens until there are none left
	bool isRelative = true;
	while (isRelative)
	{
		isRelative = RemoveRelativePath(combinedPath);
	}

	UnifyPathDelimiters(combinedPath);
	return combinedPath;
}

//---------------------------------
// FileUtil::GetRelativePath