IS_ABSOLUTE is path absolute?
Ref: https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/22/docs/api/java.base/java/io/File.html#isAbsolute()
function isabs = is_absolute(p, use_java) arguments p (1,1) string use_java (1,1) logical = false end if use_java % java is about 5x to 10x slower than intrinsic isabs = java.io.File(p).toPath().isAbsolute(); else L = strlength(p); if ispc isabs = L >= 2 && isletter(extractBetween(p, 1, 1)) && extractBetween(p, 2, 2) == ":"; else isabs = L >= 1 && startsWith(p, "/"); end end end