paths

Documentation

Index

• func Abs(path string) (string, error)
• func Exists(name string) (bool, error)
• func ExpandEnv(path string) string
• func ExpandUser(path string) (string, error)

Functions

func Abs

func Abs(path string) (string, error)

Abs returns an absolute representation of path. If the path is not absolute it will be joined with the current working directory to turn it into an absolute path. Abs calls Clean on the result. Abs also resolves user home directories and environment variables.

func Exists

func Exists(name string) (bool, error)

Exists reports whether a file exists in the given path.

func ExpandEnv

func ExpandEnv(path string) string

ExpandEnv replaces ${var} or $var in the string according to the values of the current environment variables. References to undefined variables are replaced by the empty string.

func ExpandUser

func ExpandUser(path string) (string, error)

ExpandUser tries to replace "~" or "~username" in the string to match the correspending user's home directory. If the wanted user does not exist, this function returns an error.