Return the absolute path from export() instead

src/fmu/dataio/_export_item.py

@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ def _item_to_file(self):
 
         self._export_actual_object(outfile, metafile, relpath, abspath)
 
-        return fpath
+        return abspath
 
     def _construct_filename_fmustandard1(self):
         """Construct filename stem according to datatype (class) and fmu style 1.
@@ -958,6 +958,7 @@ def _verify_path(
 
         relpath = abspath.relative_to(useroot)
 
+        path = path.absolute()  # may contain "../.." in path (not resolved)
         logger.info("Full path to the actual file is: %s", path)
         logger.info("Full path to the actual file is (resolved): %s", abspath)
         logger.info("Full path to the metadata file (if used) is: %s", metapath)

src/fmu/dataio/dataio.py

@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ def export(
                 be included. For backward compatibilty, ``ìndex`` also supported.
 
         Returns:
-            String path, relative to RUNPATH for exported file.
+            String: full path to exported item.
         """
         if kwargs.get("index", False) is True:  # backward compatibility
             include_index = True
@@ -709,13 +709,8 @@ def export(
             include_index=include_index,
         )
 
-        filepath = pathlib.Path(exporter.save_to_file())
-        logger.info("Filepath (saving to file) is %s", filepath)
-        logger.info("Current PWD (dataio._pwd)is %s", self._pwd)
-        logger.info("Current RUNPATH is %s", self._runpath)
-        relpath = str(filepath.relative_to(self._runpath))
-        logger.info("Returning relative path as string: %s", relpath)
-        return relpath
+        # will return the absolute (resolved) path for exported file
+        return exporter.save_to_file()
 
     @deprecation.deprecated(
         deprecated_in="0.5",

tests/test_fmu_dataio_cube.py

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 """Test dataio for cube (most often seismic cube)."""
-
 import json
 import logging
 import shutil
@@ -140,21 +139,20 @@ def test_cube_io_larger_case_ertrun(tmp_path):
 
     metadataout = out / ".volantis--what_descr.segy.yml"
 
+    assert metadataout.is_file() is True
 
-#    assert metadataout.is_file() is True
-
-# now read the metadata file and test some key entries:
-# with open(metadataout, "r") as mstream:
-#     meta = yaml.safe_load(mstream)
-# assert (
-#     meta["file"]["relative_path"]
-#     == "realization-0/iter-0/share/results/cubes/volantis--what_descr.segy"
-# )
-# assert meta["fmu"]["model"]["name"] == "ff"
-# assert meta["fmu"]["iteration"]["name"] == "iter-0"
-# assert meta["fmu"]["realization"]["name"] == "realization-0"
-# assert meta["data"]["stratigraphic"] is False
-# assert meta["data"]["bbox"]["xmin"] == 0.0
-# assert meta["data"]["bbox"]["xmax"] == 550.0
-
-# logger.info("\n%s", json.dumps(meta, indent=2))
+    # now read the metadata file and test some key entries:
+    with open(metadataout, "r") as mstream:
+        meta = yaml.safe_load(mstream)
+    assert (
+        meta["file"]["relative_path"]
+        == "realization-0/iter-0/share/results/cubes/volantis--what_descr.segy"
+    )
+    assert meta["fmu"]["model"]["name"] == "ff"
+    assert meta["fmu"]["iteration"]["name"] == "iter-0"
+    assert meta["fmu"]["realization"]["name"] == "realization-0"
+    assert meta["data"]["stratigraphic"] is False
+    assert meta["data"]["bbox"]["xmin"] == 0.0
+    assert meta["data"]["bbox"]["xmax"] == 550.0
+
+    logger.info("\n%s", json.dumps(meta, indent=2))

tests/test_fmu_dataio_generic.py

@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ def test_file_block(tmp_path):
         values=0,
         name="TopVolantis",
     )
-    assert exp.export(srf, verbosity="INFO") == "share/results/maps"
+    assert exp.export(srf, verbosity="INFO") == str(out / "topvolantis--what_descr.gri")
 
     metadataout = out / ".topvolantis--what_descr.gri.yml"
     assert metadataout.is_file() is True