Determine if path is absolute or relative

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Is there a simple JS function to determine if a path is absolute or
relative, that works for both local and web paths? picking up :// is easy
enough, but the path may be local, like d:\mydir\subdir\ (instead of
file:///d:/mydir/subdir/ ). Or it may be a share...
Thanks, Giles


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