.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: path_normalize

.. _path_normalize:

path_normalize
==============

.. us.tag  path_normalize ENGLISH New5400 FILE_MISC

:ref:`path_normalize` replaces slashes (``/``) in file names to backslashes
(``\\``). If the last character is a slash or backslash it will be removed.

.. function::  ssReturnFileName = path_normalize(ssFilename)

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*ssReturnFileName* is a filename with backslashes.

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: ssFilename

   *ssFilename* is a file name where the elements are separated by slashes or
   backslashes.

.. us.example

**Example**

**Examples**

::

   * path_normalize("d:/test\\065/")
   d:\test\065

.. us.history

**History**

.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1

   * - Version
     - Description
   * - R2012 (5.40.0)
     - New documentation.

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-files`,
   :ref:`DeCompressFile`,
   :ref:`GetUNCPath`,
   :ref:`FS_GetFileSystemList`,
   :ref:`MakeFullPath`

:sub:`id-1670016`