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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# This file is part of Beremiz, a Integrated Development Environment for
+# programming IEC 61131-3 automates supporting plcopen standard and CanFestival.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2017: Andrey Skvortsov
+#
+# See COPYING file for copyrights details.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+import os, sys
+
+def AbsFile(file):
+    if isinstance(file, str):
+        file = unicode(file,sys.getfilesystemencoding())
+    return file
+
+def AbsDir(file):
+    file = AbsFile(file)
+    return os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(file))
+
+def AbsNeighbourFile(file, *args):
+    return os.path.join(AbsDir(file), *args)
+
+
+def AbsParentDir(file, level = 1):
+    path = AbsDir(file)
+    for i in range(0, level):
+        path = os.path.dirname(path)
+    return path