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UBlueprintPathsLibrary::CollapseRelativeDirectories

Takes a fully pathed string and eliminates relative pathing (eg: annihilates ".." with the adjacent directory).

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References

Module	Engine
Header	/Engine/Source/Runtime/Engine/Classes/Kismet/BlueprintPathsLibrary.h
Include	#include "Kismet/BlueprintPathsLibrary.h"
Source	/Engine/Source/Runtime/Engine/Private/Kismet/BlueprintPathsLibrary.cpp

Syntax

static bool CollapseRelativeDirectories
(
const FString & InPath,
FString & OutPath
)

Remarks

Takes a fully pathed string and eliminates relative pathing (eg: annihilates ".." with the adjacent directory). Assumes all slashes have been converted to TEXT('/'). For example, takes the string: BaseDirectory/SomeDirectory/../SomeOtherDirectory/Filename.ext and converts it to: BaseDirectory/SomeOtherDirectory/Filename.ext

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