## Copyright (C) 2005-2012 Søren Hauberg
## Copyright (C) 2010 VZLU Prague, a.s.
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
## Octave 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 3 of the License, or (at
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##
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## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
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##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{pth} =} absolute_pathname (@var{pth})
## Undocumented internal function.
## @end deftypefn

function pth = absolute_pathname (pth)
  [status, msg, msgid] = fileattrib (pth);
  if (status != 1)
    error ("could not find the file or path %s", pth);
  else
    pth = msg.Name;
  endif
endfunction