How to check if a path is absolute or relative

Question

UNIX absolute path starts with '/', whereas Windows starts with alphabet 'C:' or '\'. Does node.js has a standard multiplatform function to check if a path is absolute or relative ?

Answer 1

Since node version 0.12.0 you can use the path.isAbsolute(path) function from the path module.

i.e:

var path = require('path'); if(path.isAbsolute(myPath)) {     //... } 

Answer 2

You could use

path.resolve(yourPath)===yourPath 

If your path isn't normalized, use

path.resolve( yourPath ) == path.normalize( yourPath )