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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright (C) 2011  Alex Yatskov
+#
+# This program 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 your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+import sys
+import os.path
+
+
+def buildResPath(relative):
+    directory = os.path.split(sys.argv[0])[0]
+    return os.path.join(directory, relative)