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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def determine_path():
 """Borrowed from wxglade.py"""

    root = __file__
    if os.path.islink(root):
        root = os.path.realpath(root)
    return os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(root))