// if the filename is an absolute path, just return it
// otherwise, make it absolute (relative to base dir) and return that
//
// note: if base dir is not absolute, first make it absolute via toAbsolutePath(base)
std::string FileUtils::toAbsolutePath(const std::string& filename, const std::string base)
{
const std::string newbase = toAbsolutePath(base);
#if BOOST_VERSION >= 104600 && BOOST_FILESYSTEM_VERSION >= 3
const boost::filesystem::path p = boost::filesystem::absolute(filename, newbase);
#else
const boost::filesystem::path p = boost::filesystem::complete(filename, newbase);
#endif
return p.string();
}
// if the filename is an absolute path, just return it
// otherwise, make it absolute (relative to base dir) and return that
//
// note: if base dir is not absolute, first make it absolute via
// toAbsolutePath(base)
string toAbsolutePath(const string& filename, const string base)
{
const string newbase = toAbsolutePath(base);
return pdalboost::filesystem::absolute(filename, newbase).string();
}