#path_host module_Pure path-string manipulation — no IO.
`use path` — pure path-string manipulation, no IO.
| function | signature | notes ||---|---|---||`join`|`(a, b) -> string`|||`parent`|`(p) -> string`| empty at root ||`filename`|`(p) -> string`|||`extension`|`(p) -> string`| no dot ||`normalize`|`(p) -> string`| lexical `.`/`..`||`absolutize`|`(p) -> Result[string, string]`| against cwd, then normalize |##Related-[Host API](../references/concept_host_api.md)-[fs](../references/entity_fs_module.md)[← Back to SKILL.md](../SKILL.md)