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diff --git a/ldd/path.go b/ldd/path.go
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+++ b/ldd/path.go
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+package ldd
+
+import (
+	"path"
+	"slices"
+)
+
+// Path returns a deterministic, deduplicated slice of absolute directory paths in entries.
+func Path(entries []*Entry) []string {
+	p := make([]string, 0, len(entries)*2)
+	for _, entry := range entries {
+		if path.IsAbs(entry.Path) {
+			p = append(p, path.Dir(entry.Path))
+		}
+		if path.IsAbs(entry.Name) {
+			p = append(p, path.Dir(entry.Name))
+		}
+	}
+	slices.Sort(p)
+	return slices.Compact(p)
+}