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1 """Common operations on Posix pathnames.
3 Instead of importing this module directly, import os and refer to
4 this module as os.path. The "os.path" name is an alias for this
5 module on Posix systems; on other systems (e.g. Mac, Windows),
6 os.path provides the same operations in a manner specific to that
7 platform, and is an alias to another module (e.g. macpath, ntpath).
9 Some of this can actually be useful on non-Posix systems too, e.g.
10 for manipulation of the pathname component of URLs.
11 """
13 import os
14 import stat
17 # Normalize the case of a pathname. Trivial in Posix, string.lower on Mac.
18 # On MS-DOS this may also turn slashes into backslashes; however, other
19 # normalizations (such as optimizing '../' away) are not allowed
20 # (another function should be defined to do that).
22 def normcase(s):
23 """Normalize case of pathname. Has no effect under Posix"""
24 return s
27 # Return whether a path is absolute.
28 # Trivial in Posix, harder on the Mac or MS-DOS.
30 def isabs(s):
31 """Test whether a path is absolute"""
32 return s[:1] == '/'
35 # Join pathnames.
36 # Ignore the previous parts if a part is absolute.
37 # Insert a '/' unless the first part is empty or already ends in '/'.
39 def join(a, *p):
40 """Join two or more pathname components, inserting '/' as needed"""
41 path = a
42 for b in p:
43 if b[:1] == '/':
44 path = b
45 elif path == '' or path[-1:] == '/':
46 path = path + b
47 else:
48 path = path + '/' + b
49 return path
52 # Split a path in head (everything up to the last '/') and tail (the
53 # rest). If the path ends in '/', tail will be empty. If there is no
54 # '/' in the path, head will be empty.
55 # Trailing '/'es are stripped from head unless it is the root.
57 def split(p):
58 """Split a pathname. Returns tuple "(head, tail)" where "tail" is
59 everything after the final slash. Either part may be empty."""
60 i = p.rfind('/') + 1
61 head, tail = p[:i], p[i:]
62 if head and head <> '/'*len(head):
63 while head[-1] == '/':
64 head = head[:-1]
65 return head, tail
68 # Split a path in root and extension.
69 # The extension is everything starting at the last dot in the last
70 # pathname component; the root is everything before that.
71 # It is always true that root + ext == p.
73 def splitext(p):
74 """Split the extension from a pathname. Extension is everything from the
75 last dot to the end. Returns "(root, ext)", either part may be empty."""
76 root, ext = '', ''
77 for c in p:
78 if c == '/':
79 root, ext = root + ext + c, ''
80 elif c == '.':
81 if ext:
82 root, ext = root + ext, c
83 else:
84 ext = c
85 elif ext:
86 ext = ext + c
87 else:
88 root = root + c
89 return root, ext
92 # Split a pathname into a drive specification and the rest of the
93 # path. Useful on DOS/Windows/NT; on Unix, the drive is always empty.
95 def splitdrive(p):
96 """Split a pathname into drive and path. On Posix, drive is always
97 empty."""
98 return '', p
101 # Return the tail (basename) part of a path.
103 def basename(p):
104 """Returns the final component of a pathname"""
105 return split(p)[1]
108 # Return the head (dirname) part of a path.
110 def dirname(p):
111 """Returns the directory component of a pathname"""
112 return split(p)[0]
115 # Return the longest prefix of all list elements.
117 def commonprefix(m):
118 "Given a list of pathnames, returns the longest common leading component"
119 if not m: return ''
120 prefix = m[0]
121 for item in m:
122 for i in range(len(prefix)):
123 if prefix[:i+1] <> item[:i+1]:
124 prefix = prefix[:i]
125 if i == 0: return ''
126 break
127 return prefix
130 # Get size, mtime, atime of files.
132 def getsize(filename):
133 """Return the size of a file, reported by os.stat()."""
134 st = os.stat(filename)
135 return st[stat.ST_SIZE]
137 def getmtime(filename):
138 """Return the last modification time of a file, reported by os.stat()."""
139 st = os.stat(filename)
140 return st[stat.ST_MTIME]
142 def getatime(filename):
143 """Return the last access time of a file, reported by os.stat()."""
144 st = os.stat(filename)
145 return st[stat.ST_ATIME]
148 # Is a path a symbolic link?
149 # This will always return false on systems where os.lstat doesn't exist.
151 def islink(path):
152 """Test whether a path is a symbolic link"""
153 try:
154 st = os.lstat(path)
155 except (os.error, AttributeError):
156 return 0
157 return stat.S_ISLNK(st[stat.ST_MODE])
160 # Does a path exist?
161 # This is false for dangling symbolic links.
163 def exists(path):
164 """Test whether a path exists. Returns false for broken symbolic links"""
165 try:
166 st = os.stat(path)
167 except os.error:
168 return 0
169 return 1
172 # Is a path a directory?
173 # This follows symbolic links, so both islink() and isdir() can be true
174 # for the same path.
176 def isdir(path):
177 """Test whether a path is a directory"""
178 try:
179 st = os.stat(path)
180 except os.error:
181 return 0
182 return stat.S_ISDIR(st[stat.ST_MODE])
185 # Is a path a regular file?
186 # This follows symbolic links, so both islink() and isfile() can be true
187 # for the same path.
189 def isfile(path):
190 """Test whether a path is a regular file"""
191 try:
192 st = os.stat(path)
193 except os.error:
194 return 0
195 return stat.S_ISREG(st[stat.ST_MODE])
198 # Are two filenames really pointing to the same file?
200 def samefile(f1, f2):
201 """Test whether two pathnames reference the same actual file"""
202 s1 = os.stat(f1)
203 s2 = os.stat(f2)
204 return samestat(s1, s2)
207 # Are two open files really referencing the same file?
208 # (Not necessarily the same file descriptor!)
210 def sameopenfile(fp1, fp2):
211 """Test whether two open file objects reference the same file"""
212 s1 = os.fstat(fp1)
213 s2 = os.fstat(fp2)
214 return samestat(s1, s2)
217 # Are two stat buffers (obtained from stat, fstat or lstat)
218 # describing the same file?
220 def samestat(s1, s2):
221 """Test whether two stat buffers reference the same file"""
222 return s1[stat.ST_INO] == s2[stat.ST_INO] and \
223 s1[stat.ST_DEV] == s2[stat.ST_DEV]
226 # Is a path a mount point?
227 # (Does this work for all UNIXes? Is it even guaranteed to work by Posix?)
229 def ismount(path):
230 """Test whether a path is a mount point"""
231 try:
232 s1 = os.stat(path)
233 s2 = os.stat(join(path, '..'))
234 except os.error:
235 return 0 # It doesn't exist -- so not a mount point :-)
236 dev1 = s1[stat.ST_DEV]
237 dev2 = s2[stat.ST_DEV]
238 if dev1 != dev2:
239 return 1 # path/.. on a different device as path
240 ino1 = s1[stat.ST_INO]
241 ino2 = s2[stat.ST_INO]
242 if ino1 == ino2:
243 return 1 # path/.. is the same i-node as path
244 return 0
247 # Directory tree walk.
248 # For each directory under top (including top itself, but excluding
249 # '.' and '..'), func(arg, dirname, filenames) is called, where
250 # dirname is the name of the directory and filenames is the list
251 # of files (and subdirectories etc.) in the directory.
252 # The func may modify the filenames list, to implement a filter,
253 # or to impose a different order of visiting.
255 def walk(top, func, arg):
256 """walk(top,func,arg) calls func(arg, d, files) for each directory "d"
257 in the tree rooted at "top" (including "top" itself). "files" is a list
258 of all the files and subdirs in directory "d".
260 try:
261 names = os.listdir(top)
262 except os.error:
263 return
264 func(arg, top, names)
265 for name in names:
266 name = join(top, name)
267 st = os.lstat(name)
268 if stat.S_ISDIR(st[stat.ST_MODE]):
269 walk(name, func, arg)
272 # Expand paths beginning with '~' or '~user'.
273 # '~' means $HOME; '~user' means that user's home directory.
274 # If the path doesn't begin with '~', or if the user or $HOME is unknown,
275 # the path is returned unchanged (leaving error reporting to whatever
276 # function is called with the expanded path as argument).
277 # See also module 'glob' for expansion of *, ? and [...] in pathnames.
278 # (A function should also be defined to do full *sh-style environment
279 # variable expansion.)
281 def expanduser(path):
282 """Expand ~ and ~user constructions. If user or $HOME is unknown,
283 do nothing."""
284 if path[:1] <> '~':
285 return path
286 i, n = 1, len(path)
287 while i < n and path[i] <> '/':
288 i = i + 1
289 if i == 1:
290 if not os.environ.has_key('HOME'):
291 return path
292 userhome = os.environ['HOME']
293 else:
294 import pwd
295 try:
296 pwent = pwd.getpwnam(path[1:i])
297 except KeyError:
298 return path
299 userhome = pwent[5]
300 if userhome[-1:] == '/': i = i + 1
301 return userhome + path[i:]
304 # Expand paths containing shell variable substitutions.
305 # This expands the forms $variable and ${variable} only.
306 # Non-existent variables are left unchanged.
308 _varprog = None
310 def expandvars(path):
311 """Expand shell variables of form $var and ${var}. Unknown variables
312 are left unchanged."""
313 global _varprog
314 if '$' not in path:
315 return path
316 if not _varprog:
317 import re
318 _varprog = re.compile(r'\$(\w+|\{[^}]*\})')
319 i = 0
320 while 1:
321 m = _varprog.search(path, i)
322 if not m:
323 break
324 i, j = m.span(0)
325 name = m.group(1)
326 if name[:1] == '{' and name[-1:] == '}':
327 name = name[1:-1]
328 if os.environ.has_key(name):
329 tail = path[j:]
330 path = path[:i] + os.environ[name]
331 i = len(path)
332 path = path + tail
333 else:
334 i = j
335 return path
338 # Normalize a path, e.g. A//B, A/./B and A/foo/../B all become A/B.
339 # It should be understood that this may change the meaning of the path
340 # if it contains symbolic links!
342 def normpath(path):
343 """Normalize path, eliminating double slashes, etc."""
344 if path == '':
345 return '.'
346 initial_slash = (path[0] == '/')
347 comps = path.split('/')
348 new_comps = []
349 for comp in comps:
350 if comp in ('', '.'):
351 continue
352 if (comp != '..' or (not initial_slash and not new_comps) or
353 (new_comps and new_comps[-1] == '..')):
354 new_comps.append(comp)
355 elif new_comps:
356 new_comps.pop()
357 comps = new_comps
358 path = '/'.join(comps)
359 if initial_slash:
360 path = '/' + path
361 return path or '.'
364 def abspath(path):
365 """Return an absolute path."""
366 if not isabs(path):
367 path = join(os.getcwd(), path)
368 return normpath(path)