1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ethutil/path.go b/ethutil/path.go
index cfbc38950..f64e3849e 100644
--- a/ethutil/path.go
+++ b/ethutil/path.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/user"
+	"path"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -58,3 +59,10 @@ func WriteFile(filePath string, content []byte) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func AbsolutePath(Datadir string, filename string) string {
+	if path.IsAbs(filename) {
+		return filename
+	}
+	return path.Join(Datadir, filename)
+}