txt: ## absolute.md
  absolute
  
  Combined from primary sources listed below.
  
  # [In IO::Path](#___top "go to top of document")[§](#(IO::Path)_method_absolute "direct link")
  
  See primary documentation
  [in context](/type/IO/Path#method_absolute)
  for **method absolute**.
  
  ```raku
  multi method absolute(IO::Path:D: --> Str)
  multi method absolute(IO::Path:D: $base --> Str)
  ```
  
  Returns a new [`Str`](/type/Str) object that is an absolute path. If the invocant is not already an absolute path, it is first made absolute using `$base` as base, if it is provided, or the `.CWD` attribute the object was created with if it is not.
  