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I cannot see an easy solution to your problem. I recommend supplying the absolute path of the file at command line. For instace:

roslaunch package file.launch robot:=`rospack find package_2`/relative/path/to/file

And using it directly as $(arg robot) in your launch file.

Depending on your exact application, there might be a better solution.

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