Check if Path is Absolute.

Description

Check whether a path is relative or absolute.

Usage

isAbsolutePath(path)

Arguments

Details

The function is designed to word with both Windows and Unix paths.

Value

TRUE if the path is absolute, FALSE otherwise.

Note

This function improves upon the analog function in R.utils package. For instance, "~hi" is not an absolute path.

Author(s)

Andrey A Shabalin andrey.shabalin@gmail.com

See Also

See also makefullpath.

Examples

isAbsolutePath( "C:/123" )   # TRUE
isAbsolutePath( "~123" )     # FALSE
isAbsolutePath( "~/123" )    # TRUE
isAbsolutePath( "/123" )     # TRUE
isAbsolutePath( "\\123" )    # TRUE
isAbsolutePath( "asd\\123" ) # FALSE
isAbsolutePath( "a\\123" )   # FALSE