# Function std::fs::canonicalize 1.5.0 [−] [src]

    pub fn canonicalize<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<PathBuf>

Returns the canonical form of a path with all intermediate components normalized and symbolic links resolved.

# Platform-specific behavior

This function currently corresponds to the `realpath` function on Unix and the `CreateFile` and `GetFinalPathNameByHandle` functions on Windows. Note that, this may change in the future.

# Errors

This function will return an error in the following situations, but is not limited to just these cases:

- `path` does not exist.
- A component in path is not a directory.

# Examples

    use std::fs;

    let path = fs::canonicalize("../a/../foo.txt")?;Run

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