# std::filesystem::absolute

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Defined in header `<filesystem>` |  |
path absolute(const std::filesystem::path& p); path absolute(const std::filesystem::path& p, std::error_code& ec); |  | (since C++17)

Returns a path referencing the same file system location as p, for which `is_absolute()` is true. The non-throwing overload returns default-constructed path if an error occurs.

### Parameters

p | - | path to convert to absolute form
ec | - | out-parameter for error reporting in the non-throwing overload

### Return value

Returns an absolute (although not necessarily canonical) pathname referencing the same file as `p`

### Exceptions

The overload that does not take a std::error_code& parameter throws `filesystem_error` on underlying OS API errors, constructed with `p` as the first path argument and the OS error code as the error code argument. The overload taking a std::error_code& parameter sets it to the OS API error code if an OS API call fails, and executes ec.clear() if no errors occur. Any overload not marked `noexcept` may throw std::bad_alloc if memory allocation fails.

### Notes

Implementations are encouraged to not consider `p` not existing to be an error.

For POSIX-based operating systems, std::filesystem::absolute(p) is equivalent to std::filesystem::current_path() / p

For Windows, `absolute` may be implemented as a call to GetFullPathNameW.

### Example

Run this code

    #include <iostream>
    #include <filesystem>
    namespace fs = std::filesystem;
    int main()
    {
        fs::path p = "C:cl.exe";
        std::cout << "Current path is " << fs::current_path() << '\n'
                  << "Absolute path for " << p << " is " << fs::absolute(p) << '\n';
    // actual location: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\bin\cl.exe"
    }

Possible output:

    Current path is "D:/local/ConsoleApplication1"
    Absolute path for "C:cl.exe" is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\bin\cl.exe"

### See also

canonical weakly_canonical (C++17) | composes a canonical path (function)
relative proximate (C++17) | composes a relative path (function)

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