diff --git a/ts/smartfile.classes.smartfile.ts b/ts/smartfile.classes.smartfile.ts
index ed90e53..7bb51f1 100644
--- a/ts/smartfile.classes.smartfile.ts
+++ b/ts/smartfile.classes.smartfile.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export class Smartfile extends plugins.smartjson.Smartjson {
   // INSTANCE
   // ========
   /**
-   * the full path of the file on disk
+   * the relative path of the file
    */
   @plugins.smartjson.foldDec()
   public path: string;
@@ -116,6 +116,14 @@ export class Smartfile extends plugins.smartjson.Smartjson {
     this.base = optionsArg.base;
   }
 
+  public getAbsolutePath () {
+    return plugins.path.join(this.base, this.path);
+  }
+
+  public getAbsoluteParsedPath() {
+    return plugins.path.parse(this.getAbsolutePath());
+  }
+
   /**
    * set contents from string
    * @param contentString