protected function normalize($path, $returnString = false)
    {
        // Clean the Directory separator
        $path = $this->clean($path);

        // Extract to array
        $path = $this->extract($path);

        // Remove dots from path
        $path = $this->removeDots($path);

        // If set to return string, compact it.
        if ($returnString == true) {
            $path = $this->compact($path);
        }

        return $path;
    }