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Deno.realPath - Deno documentation
function Deno.realPath
allow-read
realPath(path: string | URL): Promise<string>

Resolves to the absolute normalized path, with symbolic links resolved.

// e.g. given /home/alice/file.txt and current directory /home/alice
await Deno.symlink("file.txt", "symlink_file.txt");
const realPath = await Deno.realPath("./file.txt");
const realSymLinkPath = await Deno.realPath("./symlink_file.txt");
console.log(realPath);  // outputs "/home/alice/file.txt"
console.log(realSymLinkPath);  // outputs "/home/alice/file.txt"

Requires allow-read permission for the target path.

Also requires allow-read permission for the CWD if the target path is relative.

Parameters

path: string | URL

Return Type

Promise<string>