# FBPROJECTDIR should not contain any "..\\"
**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fbprojectdir-should-not-contain-any/3217
**Category:** Bugs
**Created:** [February 25, 2010, 11:41am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fbprojectdir-should-not-contain-any/3217 "2010-02-25T11:41:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@entwicklung](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/entwicklung)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2010, 11:41am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fbprojectdir-should-not-contain-any/3217/1 "2010-02-25T11:41:58Z")
Hi
If a have a script which calls an other script and the included script uses the variable "FBPROJECTDIR", the
variable contains the path of the command line. (See example below)
Project
\ - Project A
--\> Script1
\ - Include B
--\> Script2
Script1: Action "Include Project": %FBPROJECTDIR%\..\Include B\Script2.fbp6
Script2: Log Variable %FBPROJECTDIR% --\> "D:\Project\Project A\..\Project B"
I would expect "D:\Project\Project B" since that's the absolute path.
Please fix that.
Thanks, best regards
Andrew
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### Author:  [@paulsamways](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/paulsamways)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fbprojectdir-should-not-contain-any/3217/2 "2010-02-26T05:04:10Z")
Hi Andrew,
We weren’t able to reproduce the issue you’re seeing, could you send in a project into support [at] [finalbuilder.com](http://finalbuilder.com) that we can run which reproduces the problem.
Regards,
Paul.
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### Author:  [@entwicklung](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/entwicklung)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2010, 8:53am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fbprojectdir-should-not-contain-any/3217/3 "2010-02-26T08:53:57Z")
Sure, please have a look at the attached sample.
[Finalbuilder\_Samples.zip](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/uploads/default/original/2X/9/943581131c660836733076491b7d1a321f13bc5d.zip) (38.145 KB)
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### Author:  [@paulsamways](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/paulsamways)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2010, 5:09am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fbprojectdir-should-not-contain-any/3217/4 "2010-03-02T05:09:27Z")
Hi Andrew,
Here’s the new test build of FinalBuilder which will expand relative paths for the FBProject & FBProjectDir variables for included projects.
URL: [https://www.finalbuilder.com/downloads/finalbuilder/630/FB630\_1954.exe](https://www.finalbuilder.com/downloads/finalbuilder/630/FB630_1954.exe)
Regards,
Paul.
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### Author:  [@entwicklung](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/entwicklung)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2010, 10:06am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fbprojectdir-should-not-contain-any/3217/5 "2010-03-02T10:06:21Z")
Hi
Thanks. Well done.
One more question, is it possible to get an additional "modifier" for the "set Variable"-Action to do this
expansion manually too.
Best regards,
Andrew
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### Author:  [@paulsamways](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/paulsamways)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2010, 9:09am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fbprojectdir-should-not-contain-any/3217/6 "2010-03-02T09:09:13Z")
Hi Andrew,
We won't be able to add it as a modifier to the Set Variable action as expanding a relative path requires both the relative path and the base path to expand from, but I'll add it as a feature request for a future version.
You can currently expand a relative path in FinalBuilder using script:
var path = ExpandRelativePath("..\\Test", "C:\\Windows\\");
Regards,
Paul.
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### Author:  [@entwicklung](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/entwicklung)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2010, 7:55am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fbprojectdir-should-not-contain-any/3217/7 "2010-03-04T07:55:20Z")
Hi Paul
Thx for your help.
Just for clarification, the modifier should do the following:
**Action:**"Set Variable" (or Path Manipulation)
**Input:**"D:\Project\Project A\..\Project B"
**Modifier:**"Reduce to absolute path"
**Output:** "D:\Project\Project B"
(Something like a path beautifier )
Regards
Andrew
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### Author:  [@entwicklung](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/entwicklung)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2010, 11:38am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fbprojectdir-should-not-contain-any/3217/8 "2010-03-16T11:38:37Z")
Hi Paul,
I've tested the version you provided. It works, but something else seems to be broken.
Please, have a look at the attachment.
(With the fixed version the script 1 fails.)
Regards,
Andrew
[FB\_DEMO.zip](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/uploads/default/original/2X/0/032e5132417902ed404b747753b83803a8bae697.zip) (41.614 KB)
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### Author:  [@paulsamways](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/paulsamways)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fbprojectdir-should-not-contain-any/3217/9 "2010-03-17T12:58:12Z")
Hi Andrew,
Here is the latest test build of FinalBuilder which has the problem fixed.
URL: [https://www.finalbuilder.com/downloads/finalbuilder/630/FB630\_1973.exe](https://www.finalbuilder.com/downloads/finalbuilder/630/FB630_1973.exe)
Regards,
Paul.