Gets the absolute pathname string.
# S3 method for default
getAbsolutePath(pathname, workDirectory=getwd(), expandTilde=FALSE, ...)A character string of the pathname to be converted into
an absolute pathname.
A character string of the current working directory.
If TRUE, tilde (~) is expanded to the
corresponding directory, otherwise not.
Not used.
Returns a character string of the absolute pathname.
This method will replace replicated slashes ('/') with a single one, except for the double forward slashes prefixing a Microsoft Windows UNC (Universal Naming Convention) pathname.