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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

Target is Blueprint Paths Library

Collapse Relative Directories

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	Return Value Boolean	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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