Re^2: convert a given dir name to its absolute path

To clarify slightly, as this is subtle:

File::Spec->rel2abs tells you what the absolute path should be, whether the file/dir exists or not
abs_path tells you what the filesystem thinks the absolute path is, and the file/dir must exist for it to do so

-xdg

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