def val_path(cls, path_string):
        """
        Get and parse a path string

        Arguments
        ---------
        path_string: Path
            string representation of path name

        Returns
        -------

        Validated path string
        """
        try:
            pv.validate_filepath(path_string, platform='auto')
            str_path = pv.sanitize_filepath(path_string, platform='auto')
            return str_path
        except ValueError as err:
            logger.error('Invalid filepath provided')
            return False

        Get and parse a path string

        Arguments
        ---------
        path_string: Path
            string representation of path name

        Returns
        -------

        Validated path string
        
crackq/validator.py