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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 package(*args: str) -> str: """ Creates an absolute path to a file or folder within the cauldron package using the relative path elements specified by the args. :param args: Zero or more relative path elements that describe a file or folder within the reporting """


    return clean(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', *args))