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+use path_clean::PathClean;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+/// This function should match the behavior of canonPath() in
+/// src/libutil/util.cc of cppnix.  Currently it does not match that
+/// behavior; it uses the `path_clean` library which is based on the
+/// Go standard library
+///
+/// TODO: make this match the behavior of cppnix
+/// TODO: write tests for this
+
+pub fn canon_path(path: PathBuf) -> PathBuf {
+    path.clean()
+}