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diff --git a/rld-path.h b/rld-path.h
index 0e1329a..d73c59b 100644
--- a/rld-path.h
+++ b/rld-path.h
@@ -45,29 +45,29 @@ namespace rld
* Return the basename of the file name.
*
* @param name The full file name.
- * @return std::string The basename of the file.
+ * @return const std::string The basename of the file.
*/
- std::string basename (const std::string& name);
+ const std::string basename (const std::string& name);
/**
* Return the dirname of the file name.
*
* @param name The full file name.
- * @return std::string The dirname of the file.
+ * @return const std::string The dirname of the file.
*/
- std::string dirname (const std::string& name);
+ const std::string dirname (const std::string& name);
/**
* Return the extension of the file name.
*
* @param name The full file name.
- * @return std::string The extension of the file.
+ * @return const std::string The extension of the file.
*/
- std::string extension (const std::string& name);
+ const std::string extension (const std::string& name);
/**
- * Split a path from a string with a delimiter to the path container. Add
- * only the paths that exist and ignore those that do not.
+ * Split a path from a string with the path seperator to the path
+ * container. Add only the paths that exist and ignore those that do not.
*
* @param path The paths as a single string delimited by the path
* separator.
@@ -100,6 +100,15 @@ namespace rld
std::string& joined);
/**
+ * Return the absolute path given a path and using the current working
+ * directory. The path is flattened removing any '..' sequences.
+ *
+ * @param path The path to be return as absolute.
+ * @return const std::string The absolute path.
+ */
+ const std::string path_abs (const std::string& path);
+
+ /**
* Check the path is a file using a stat call.
*
* @param path The path to check.