#ifdef WIN32

 #include <windows.h>

 #endif

 #include <stdlib.h>

 #include <glib.h>

 #include <bl/bl.h>

 /*

  * Return an absolute path to <path>.

  * Note that this function makes no attempt to return a unique path, or

  * to remove "." or ".." entries. It simply returns a path which will

  * be unaffected by subsequent calls to chdir().

  */

 char *path_to_absolute(const char *path)

 {

 #ifdef WIN32

     long len;

     gunichar2 *path2;

     gunichar2 *abs2;

     char *abs;

     path2=g_utf8_to_utf16(path,-1,NULL,NULL,NULL);

     if (!path2)

 	return NULL;

     len=GetFullPathNameW(path2,0,NULL,NULL);	/* len includes nul */

     if (!len)

     {

 	g_free(path2);

 	return NULL;

     }

     abs2=g_new(gunichar2,len);

     len=GetFullPathNameW(path2,len,abs2,NULL);	/* len excludes nul */

     g_free(path2);

     if (!len)

     {

 	g_free(abs2);

 	return NULL;

     }

     abs=g_utf16_to_utf8(abs2,len,NULL,NULL,NULL);

     g_free(abs2);

     return abs;

 #else

     char *s,*abs;

     if (*path=='/')

 	abs=g_strdup(path);

     else

     {

 	s=g_get_current_dir();

 	abs=g_build_filename(s,path,NULL);

 	g_free(s);

     }

     return abs;

 #endif

 }