absolute-path? ( path -- ? )

Vocabulary

io.pathnames

Inputs

path	a pathname string

Outputs

?

a boolean

Word description

Tests if a pathname is absolute. Examples of absolute pathnames are /foo/bar on Unix and c:\foo\bar on Windows.

See also

windows-absolute-path?, root-directory?

Definition

USING: combinators io.pathnames.private kernel sequences system
;

IN: io.pathnames

: absolute-path? ( path -- ? )
    {
        { [ dup empty? ] [ drop f ] }
        { [ dup special-path? nip ] [ drop t ] }
        { [ os windows? ] [ windows-absolute-path? ] }
        { [ dup first path-separator? ] [ drop t ] }
        [ drop f ]
    } cond ;