Module posixpath

Common operations on Posix pathnames.

Instead of importing this module directly, import os and refer to this module as os.path. The "os.path" name is an alias for this module on Posix systems; on other systems (e.g. Mac, Windows), os.path provides the same operations in a manner specific to that platform, and is an alias to another module (e.g. macpath, ntpath).

Some of this can actually be useful on non-Posix systems too, e.g. for manipulation of the pathname component of URLs.

Functions

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_resolve_link(path)
Internal helper function.

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abspath(path)
Return an absolute path.

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basename(p)
Returns the final component of a pathname

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commonprefix(m)
Given a list of pathnames, returns the longest common leading component

dirname(p)
Returns the directory component of a pathname

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exists(path)
Test whether a path exists.

expanduser(path)
Expand ~ and ~user constructions.

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expandvars(path)
Expand shell variables of form $var and ${var}.

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getatime(filename)
Return the last access time of a file, reported by os.stat().

getctime(filename)
Return the metadata change time of a file, reported by os.stat().

getmtime(filename)
Return the last modification time of a file, reported by os.stat().

getsize(filename)
Return the size of a file, reported by os.stat().

isabs(s)
Test whether a path is absolute

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isdir(s)
Return true if the pathname refers to an existing directory.

isfile(path)
Test whether a path is a regular file

islink(path)
Test whether a path is a symbolic link

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ismount(path)
Test whether a path is a mount point

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join(a, *p)
Join two or more pathname components, inserting '/' as needed.

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lexists(path)
Test whether a path exists.

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normcase(s)
Normalize case of pathname.

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normpath(path)
Normalize path, eliminating double slashes, etc.

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realpath(filename)
Return the canonical path of the specified filename, eliminating any symbolic links encountered in the path.

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relpath(path, start='.')
Return a relative version of a path source code

samefile(f1, f2)
Test whether two pathnames reference the same actual file

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sameopenfile(fp1, fp2)
Test whether two open file objects reference the same file

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samestat(s1, s2)
Test whether two stat buffers reference the same file

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split(p)
Split a pathname.

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splitdrive(p)
Split a pathname into drive and path.

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splitext(p)
Split the extension from a pathname.

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walk(top, func, arg)
Directory tree walk with callback function.

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Variables

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__package__ = None

_varprog = None

altsep = None

curdir = '.'

defpath = ':/bin:/usr/bin'

devnull = '/dev/null'

extsep = '.'

pardir = '..'

pathsep = ':'

sep = '/'

supports_unicode_filenames = False

Function Details

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_resolve_link(path)

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Internal helper function. Takes a path and follows symlinks until we either arrive at something that isn't a symlink, or encounter a path we've seen before (meaning that there's a loop).

exists(path)

Test whether a path exists. Returns False for broken symbolic links

expanduser(path)

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Expand ~ and ~user constructions. If user or $HOME is unknown, do nothing.

expandvars(path)

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Expand shell variables of form $var and ${var}. Unknown variables are left unchanged.

join(a, *p)

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Join two or more pathname components, inserting '/' as needed. If any component is an absolute path, all previous path components will be discarded.

lexists(path)

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Test whether a path exists. Returns True for broken symbolic links

normcase(s)

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Normalize case of pathname. Has no effect under Posix

split(p)

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Split a pathname. Returns tuple "(head, tail)" where "tail" is everything after the final slash. Either part may be empty.

splitdrive(p)

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Split a pathname into drive and path. On Posix, drive is always empty.

splitext(p)

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Split the extension from a pathname.

Extension is everything from the last dot to the end, ignoring leading dots. Returns "(root, ext)"; ext may be empty.

walk(top, func, arg)

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Directory tree walk with callback function.

For each directory in the directory tree rooted at top (including top itself, but excluding '.' and '..'), call func(arg, dirname, fnames). dirname is the name of the directory, and fnames a list of the names of the files and subdirectories in dirname (excluding '.' and '..'). func may modify the fnames list in-place (e.g. via del or slice assignment), and walk will only recurse into the subdirectories whose names remain in fnames; this can be used to implement a filter, or to impose a specific order of visiting. No semantics are defined for, or required of, arg, beyond that arg is always passed to func. It can be used, e.g., to pass a filename pattern, or a mutable object designed to accumulate statistics. Passing None for arg is common.