geeting full path name of a file

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Hello all,

how can i get the full path name of a file.like i have file called "example.csv". in "D " drive .

when i am using IE with rails i am geeting the full path name .but when i am using it with firefox i am just getting the filename. is there any way i could get the full path name

thanks Jagan

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What method are you currently using?

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Hi Matt,

I am not using any method for getting the path.As i select the file name in IE its prinitng the full path of the file as file name in IE where as in fire fox ,its not printing the fullpath when i am using the file name that i used in IE.is there any method in ruby which i can use in for getting the full path of the file

Thanks Jagan

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Is File.expand_path(filename) what you're looking for?

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Jagan did you ever manage to work this out? I need to do the same thing

Thanks!

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Don't want to revive a 5 year old thread. But for those who came here looking for answers, this is how I got it:

require 'pathname' filepath = some_valid_path Pathname.new(filepath).realpath.to_s

The thing to note is that realpath expects the file to exist.