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+"""Functions that help us work with files and folders.
+"""
+import os
+
+
+def keymap(keyboard):
+    """Locate the correct directory for storing a keymap.
+
+    Args:
+        keyboard
+            The name of the keyboard. Example: clueboard/66/rev3
+    """
+    for directory in ['.', '..', '../..', '../../..', '../../../..', '../../../../..']:
+        basepath = os.path.normpath(os.path.join('keyboards', keyboard, directory, 'keymaps'))
+
+        if os.path.exists(basepath):
+            return basepath
+
+    logging.error('Could not find keymaps directory!')
+    raise NoSuchKeyboardError('Could not find keymaps directory for: %s' % keyboard)
+
+
+def normpath(path):
+    """Returns the fully resolved absolute path to a file.
+
+    This function will return the absolute path to a file as seen from the
+    directory the script was called from.
+    """
+    if path and path[0] == '/':
+        return os.path.normpath(path)
+
+    return os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.environ['ORIG_CWD'], path))