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layout: "language"
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page_title: "abspath - Functions - Configuration Language"
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sidebar_current: "docs-funcs-file-abspath"
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description: |-
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The abspath function converts the argument to an absolute filesystem path.
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# `abspath` Function
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-> **Note:** This page is about Terraform 0.12 and later. For Terraform 0.11 and
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earlier, see
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[0.11 Configuration Language: Interpolation Syntax](../../configuration-0-11/interpolation.html).
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`abspath` takes a string containing a filesystem path and converts it
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to an absolute path. That is, if the path is not absolute, it will be joined
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with the current working directory.
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Referring directly to filesystem paths in resource arguments may cause
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spurious diffs if the same configuration is applied from multiple systems or on
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different host operating systems. We recommend using filesystem paths only
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for transient values, such as the argument to [`file`](./file.html) (where
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only the contents are then stored) or in `connection` and `provisioner` blocks.
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## Examples
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```
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> abspath(path.root)
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/home/user/some/terraform/root
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```
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