Get Absolutepath from input type="file"

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I am trying to get the complete path of the directory through the file type input, but so far I can only get a previous folder, for example, I have the folder in the C:/user/Documents/Images/Yesterday then I would like to take this whole way, but I can only get the briefcase yesterday, the code I’m making is 

$('#pasta').change(
    function absolutepath(e){   
    var aqrs;
    var theFiles = e.target.files;
    alert(theFiles[0].webkitRelativePath);
});

With this code above it grab the first file with the folder with the input below: 

<input type="file" id="pasta"  multiple webkitdirectory />

How do I take it all the way?

javascript jquery

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Is not possible.

For security measure browsers do not allow you to know the Absolute Path of the user file.

And you can only view the previous folder name because the property webkitdirectory returns the relative path of your folder.

Give according to the specification of the HTML5, an upload control no should reveal the actual path of the selected file. 1

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