diff --git a/util/lib/puppet/parser/functions/basename.rb b/util/lib/puppet/parser/functions/basename.rb
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+++ b/util/lib/puppet/parser/functions/basename.rb
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+
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+    newfunction(:basename, :type => :rvalue) do |args|
+        File.basename(args[0])
+    end
+end
diff --git a/util/lib/puppet/parser/functions/dirname.rb b/util/lib/puppet/parser/functions/dirname.rb
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+
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+    newfunction(:dirname, :type => :rvalue) do |args|
+        File.dirname(args[0])
+    end
+end