resolve

Make the path absolute, resolving any symlinks. A new path object is returned:

Syntax

PYTHON Copy

Path.resolve(strict=False)

Examples

Example 1

PYTHON Copy

>>> p = Path()
>>> p
PosixPath('.')
>>> p.resolve()
PosixPath('/home/antoine/pathlib')

Example 2

PYTHON Copy

>>> p = Path('docs/../setup.py')
>>> p.resolve()
PosixPath('/home/antoine/pathlib/setup.py')

See Also

FileNotFoundError RuntimeError