static public function truePath($path)
    {
        // From Magento Mass Import utils (MIT)
        // http://sourceforge.net/p/magmi/git/ci/master/tree/magmi-0.8/inc/magmi_utils.php

        // whether $path is unix or not
        $unipath = strlen( $path ) == 0 || $path{0} != '/';
        // attempts to detect if path is relative in which case, add cwd
        if ( strpos( $path, ':' ) === false && $unipath ){
            $path = getcwd() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $path;
        }
        // resolve path parts (single dot, double dot and double delimiters)
        $path      = str_replace( array( '/', '\\' ), DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $path );
        $parts     = array_filter( explode( DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $path ), 'strlen' );
        $absolutes = array();
        foreach ( $parts as $part ) {
            if ( '.' == $part ) {
                continue;
            }
            if ( '..' == $part ) {
                array_pop( $absolutes );
            } else {
                $absolutes[ ] = $part;
            }
        }
        $path = implode( DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $absolutes );
        // put initial separator that could have been lost
        $path = !$unipath ? '/' . $path : $path;
        return $path;
    }