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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 local_path(path):
 """ Return the absolute path relative to the root of this project """

    current = os.path.dirname(__file__)
    root = current
    return os.path.abspath(os.path.join(root, path))