'Create a new path pointer for the given absolute path.
:raise IOError: If the given path does not exist.'

@py3_data
def __init__(self, _path):

    _path = os.path.abspath(_path)
    if (not os.path.exists(_path)):
        raise IOError((u'No    such    file    or    directory:    %r' % _path))
    self._path = _path
