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+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+  newfunction(:validate_absolute_path, :doc => <<-'ENDHEREDOC') do |args|
+    Validate the string represents an absolute path in the filesystem.  This function works
+    for windows and unix style paths.
+
+    The following values will pass:
+
+        $my_path = "C:/Program Files (x86)/Puppet Labs/Puppet"
+        validate_absolute_path($my_path)
+        $my_path2 = "/var/lib/puppet"
+        validate_absolute_path($my_path2)
+
+
+    The following values will fail, causing compilation to abort:
+
+        validate_absolute_path(true)
+        validate_absolute_path([ 'var/lib/puppet', '/var/foo' ])
+        validate_absolute_path([ '/var/lib/puppet', 'var/foo' ])
+        $undefined = undef
+        validate_absolute_path($undefined)
+
+    ENDHEREDOC
+
+    require 'puppet/util'
+
+    unless args.length > 0 then
+      raise Puppet::ParseError, ("validate_absolute_path(): wrong number of arguments (#{args.length}; must be > 0)")
+    end
+
+    args.each do |arg|
+      # This logic was borrowed from
+      # [lib/puppet/file_serving/base.rb](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/blob/master/lib/puppet/file_serving/base.rb)
+      unless Puppet::Util.absolute_path?(arg, :posix) or Puppet::Util.absolute_path?(arg, :windows)
+        raise Puppet::ParseError, ("#{arg.inspect} is not an absolute path.")
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end