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truename command

truename filename
        

Outputs the entire path (full directory and filename) of a file. For example, if the working drive and directory were C:\PROGRAMS and one typed truename fish, the output would be C:\PROGRAMS\FISH.

This command was rarely, if ever, documented in DOS manuals.

This command is similar to the Unix whereis command, which, given an executable found in $PATH, would give a full path and name. The C library function realpath performs this function.

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