Private/Get-FullFilePath.ps1
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function Get-FullFilePath { <# .Synopsis Get Absolute path from relative path .DESCRIPTION Takes a relative path like .\file.txt and returns the full path. The target file does not have to exist, but the parent folder must exist .EXAMPLE $path = Get-AbsoluteFilePath -Path .\file.txt #> [CmdletBinding()] [OutputType([string])] Param ( # Path to file [Parameter(Mandatory, HelpMessage = 'Path to file', ValueFromPipeline, Position = 0)] [String]$Path ) if (-not (Test-Path -Path $Path)) { if (Test-Path -Path (Split-Path -Path $Path -Parent )) { $Parent = Resolve-Path -Path (Split-Path -Path $Path -Parent ) $Leaf = Split-Path -Path $Path -Leaf if ($Parent.path[-1] -eq '\') { $Path = "$Parent" + "$Leaf" } else { $Path = "$Parent" + "\$Leaf" } } else { throw "Parent [$(Split-Path -Path $Path -Parent)] does not exist" } } else { $Path = Resolve-Path -Path $Path } return $Path } |