{
    char *nativePathPtr;
    const char *str;
    Tcl_DString ds;
    Tcl_Obj *validPathPtr;
    Tcl_Size len;

    if (TclFSCwdIsNative() || Tcl_FSGetPathType(pathPtr) == TCL_PATH_ABSOLUTE) {
	/*
	 * The cwd is native (or path is absolute), use the translated path
	 * without worrying about normalization (this will also usually be
	 * shorter so the utf-to-external conversion will be somewhat faster).
	 */

	validPathPtr = Tcl_FSGetTranslatedPath(NULL, pathPtr);
	if (validPathPtr == NULL) {
	    return NULL;