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1 # Module 'ntpath' -- common operations on WinNT/Win95 pathnames
2 """Common pathname manipulations, WindowsNT/95 version.
4 Instead of importing this module directly, import os and refer to this
5 module as os.path.
6 """
8 import os
9 import stat
11 __all__ = ["normcase","isabs","join","splitdrive","split","splitext",
12 "basename","dirname","commonprefix","getsize","getmtime",
13 "getatime","islink","exists","isdir","isfile","ismount",
14 "walk","expanduser","expandvars","normpath","abspath","splitunc"]
16 # Normalize the case of a pathname and map slashes to backslashes.
17 # Other normalizations (such as optimizing '../' away) are not done
18 # (this is done by normpath).
20 def normcase(s):
21 """Normalize case of pathname.
23 Makes all characters lowercase and all slashes into backslashes."""
24 return s.replace("/", "\\").lower()
27 # Return whether a path is absolute.
28 # Trivial in Posix, harder on the Mac or MS-DOS.
29 # For DOS it is absolute if it starts with a slash or backslash (current
30 # volume), or if a pathname after the volume letter and colon / UNC resource
31 # starts with a slash or backslash.
33 def isabs(s):
34 """Test whether a path is absolute"""
35 s = splitdrive(s)[1]
36 return s != '' and s[:1] in '/\\'
39 # Join two (or more) paths.
41 def join(a, *p):
42 """Join two or more pathname components, inserting "\\" as needed"""
43 path = a
44 for b in p:
45 if isabs(b):
46 path = b
47 elif path == '' or path[-1:] in '/\\:':
48 path = path + b
49 else:
50 path = path + "\\" + b
51 return path
54 # Split a path in a drive specification (a drive letter followed by a
55 # colon) and the path specification.
56 # It is always true that drivespec + pathspec == p
57 def splitdrive(p):
58 """Split a pathname into drive and path specifiers. Returns a 2-tuple
59 "(drive,path)"; either part may be empty"""
60 if p[1:2] == ':':
61 return p[0:2], p[2:]
62 return '', p
65 # Parse UNC paths
66 def splitunc(p):
67 """Split a pathname into UNC mount point and relative path specifiers.
69 Return a 2-tuple (unc, rest); either part may be empty.
70 If unc is not empty, it has the form '//host/mount' (or similar
71 using backslashes). unc+rest is always the input path.
72 Paths containing drive letters never have an UNC part.
73 """
74 if p[1:2] == ':':
75 return '', p # Drive letter present
76 firstTwo = p[0:2]
77 if firstTwo == '//' or firstTwo == '\\\\':
78 # is a UNC path:
79 # vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv equivalent to drive letter
80 # \\machine\mountpoint\directories...
81 # directory ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
82 normp = normcase(p)
83 index = normp.find('\\', 2)
84 if index == -1:
85 ##raise RuntimeError, 'illegal UNC path: "' + p + '"'
86 return ("", p)
87 index = normp.find('\\', index + 1)
88 if index == -1:
89 index = len(p)
90 return p[:index], p[index:]
91 return '', p
94 # Split a path in head (everything up to the last '/') and tail (the
95 # rest). After the trailing '/' is stripped, the invariant
96 # join(head, tail) == p holds.
97 # The resulting head won't end in '/' unless it is the root.
99 def split(p):
100 """Split a pathname.
102 Return tuple (head, tail) where tail is everything after the final slash.
103 Either part may be empty."""
105 d, p = splitdrive(p)
106 # set i to index beyond p's last slash
107 i = len(p)
108 while i and p[i-1] not in '/\\':
109 i = i - 1
110 head, tail = p[:i], p[i:] # now tail has no slashes
111 # remove trailing slashes from head, unless it's all slashes
112 head2 = head
113 while head2 and head2[-1] in '/\\':
114 head2 = head2[:-1]
115 head = head2 or head
116 return d + head, tail
119 # Split a path in root and extension.
120 # The extension is everything starting at the last dot in the last
121 # pathname component; the root is everything before that.
122 # It is always true that root + ext == p.
124 def splitext(p):
125 """Split the extension from a pathname.
127 Extension is everything from the last dot to the end.
128 Return (root, ext), either part may be empty."""
129 root, ext = '', ''
130 for c in p:
131 if c in ['/','\\']:
132 root, ext = root + ext + c, ''
133 elif c == '.':
134 if ext:
135 root, ext = root + ext, c
136 else:
137 ext = c
138 elif ext:
139 ext = ext + c
140 else:
141 root = root + c
142 return root, ext
145 # Return the tail (basename) part of a path.
147 def basename(p):
148 """Returns the final component of a pathname"""
149 return split(p)[1]
152 # Return the head (dirname) part of a path.
154 def dirname(p):
155 """Returns the directory component of a pathname"""
156 return split(p)[0]
159 # Return the longest prefix of all list elements.
161 def commonprefix(m):
162 "Given a list of pathnames, returns the longest common leading component"
163 if not m: return ''
164 prefix = m[0]
165 for item in m:
166 for i in range(len(prefix)):
167 if prefix[:i+1] != item[:i+1]:
168 prefix = prefix[:i]
169 if i == 0: return ''
170 break
171 return prefix
174 # Get size, mtime, atime of files.
176 def getsize(filename):
177 """Return the size of a file, reported by os.stat()"""
178 st = os.stat(filename)
179 return st[stat.ST_SIZE]
181 def getmtime(filename):
182 """Return the last modification time of a file, reported by os.stat()"""
183 st = os.stat(filename)
184 return st[stat.ST_MTIME]
186 def getatime(filename):
187 """Return the last access time of a file, reported by os.stat()"""
188 st = os.stat(filename)
189 return st[stat.ST_ATIME]
192 # Is a path a symbolic link?
193 # This will always return false on systems where posix.lstat doesn't exist.
195 def islink(path):
196 """Test for symbolic link. On WindowsNT/95 always returns false"""
197 return 0
200 # Does a path exist?
201 # This is false for dangling symbolic links.
203 def exists(path):
204 """Test whether a path exists"""
205 try:
206 st = os.stat(path)
207 except os.error:
208 return 0
209 return 1
212 # Is a path a dos directory?
213 # This follows symbolic links, so both islink() and isdir() can be true
214 # for the same path.
216 def isdir(path):
217 """Test whether a path is a directory"""
218 try:
219 st = os.stat(path)
220 except os.error:
221 return 0
222 return stat.S_ISDIR(st[stat.ST_MODE])
225 # Is a path a regular file?
226 # This follows symbolic links, so both islink() and isdir() can be true
227 # for the same path.
229 def isfile(path):
230 """Test whether a path is a regular file"""
231 try:
232 st = os.stat(path)
233 except os.error:
234 return 0
235 return stat.S_ISREG(st[stat.ST_MODE])
238 # Is a path a mount point? Either a root (with or without drive letter)
239 # or an UNC path with at most a / or \ after the mount point.
241 def ismount(path):
242 """Test whether a path is a mount point (defined as root of drive)"""
243 unc, rest = splitunc(path)
244 if unc:
245 return rest in ("", "/", "\\")
246 p = splitdrive(path)[1]
247 return len(p) == 1 and p[0] in '/\\'
250 # Directory tree walk.
251 # For each directory under top (including top itself, but excluding
252 # '.' and '..'), func(arg, dirname, filenames) is called, where
253 # dirname is the name of the directory and filenames is the list
254 # files files (and subdirectories etc.) in the directory.
255 # The func may modify the filenames list, to implement a filter,
256 # or to impose a different order of visiting.
258 def walk(top, func, arg):
259 """Directory tree walk whth callback function.
261 walk(top, func, arg) calls func(arg, d, files) for each directory d
262 in the tree rooted at top (including top itself); files is a list
263 of all the files and subdirs in directory d."""
264 try:
265 names = os.listdir(top)
266 except os.error:
267 return
268 func(arg, top, names)
269 exceptions = ('.', '..')
270 for name in names:
271 if name not in exceptions:
272 name = join(top, name)
273 if isdir(name):
274 walk(name, func, arg)
277 # Expand paths beginning with '~' or '~user'.
278 # '~' means $HOME; '~user' means that user's home directory.
279 # If the path doesn't begin with '~', or if the user or $HOME is unknown,
280 # the path is returned unchanged (leaving error reporting to whatever
281 # function is called with the expanded path as argument).
282 # See also module 'glob' for expansion of *, ? and [...] in pathnames.
283 # (A function should also be defined to do full *sh-style environment
284 # variable expansion.)
286 def expanduser(path):
287 """Expand ~ and ~user constructs.
289 If user or $HOME is unknown, do nothing."""
290 if path[:1] != '~':
291 return path
292 i, n = 1, len(path)
293 while i < n and path[i] not in '/\\':
294 i = i + 1
295 if i == 1:
296 if os.environ.has_key('HOME'):
297 userhome = os.environ['HOME']
298 elif not os.environ.has_key('HOMEPATH'):
299 return path
300 else:
301 try:
302 drive = os.environ['HOMEDRIVE']
303 except KeyError:
304 drive = ''
305 userhome = join(drive, os.environ['HOMEPATH'])
306 else:
307 return path
308 return userhome + path[i:]
311 # Expand paths containing shell variable substitutions.
312 # The following rules apply:
313 # - no expansion within single quotes
314 # - no escape character, except for '$$' which is translated into '$'
315 # - ${varname} is accepted.
316 # - varnames can be made out of letters, digits and the character '_'
317 # XXX With COMMAND.COM you can use any characters in a variable name,
318 # XXX except '^|<>='.
320 def expandvars(path):
321 """Expand shell variables of form $var and ${var}.
323 Unknown variables are left unchanged."""
324 if '$' not in path:
325 return path
326 import string
327 varchars = string.letters + string.digits + '_-'
328 res = ''
329 index = 0
330 pathlen = len(path)
331 while index < pathlen:
332 c = path[index]
333 if c == '\'': # no expansion within single quotes
334 path = path[index + 1:]
335 pathlen = len(path)
336 try:
337 index = path.index('\'')
338 res = res + '\'' + path[:index + 1]
339 except ValueError:
340 res = res + path
341 index = pathlen - 1
342 elif c == '$': # variable or '$$'
343 if path[index + 1:index + 2] == '$':
344 res = res + c
345 index = index + 1
346 elif path[index + 1:index + 2] == '{':
347 path = path[index+2:]
348 pathlen = len(path)
349 try:
350 index = path.index('}')
351 var = path[:index]
352 if os.environ.has_key(var):
353 res = res + os.environ[var]
354 except ValueError:
355 res = res + path
356 index = pathlen - 1
357 else:
358 var = ''
359 index = index + 1
360 c = path[index:index + 1]
361 while c != '' and c in varchars:
362 var = var + c
363 index = index + 1
364 c = path[index:index + 1]
365 if os.environ.has_key(var):
366 res = res + os.environ[var]
367 if c != '':
368 res = res + c
369 else:
370 res = res + c
371 index = index + 1
372 return res
375 # Normalize a path, e.g. A//B, A/./B and A/foo/../B all become A/B.
376 # Previously, this function also truncated pathnames to 8+3 format,
377 # but as this module is called "ntpath", that's obviously wrong!
379 def normpath(path):
380 """Normalize path, eliminating double slashes, etc."""
381 path = path.replace("/", "\\")
382 prefix, path = splitdrive(path)
383 while path[:1] == "\\":
384 prefix = prefix + "\\"
385 path = path[1:]
386 comps = path.split("\\")
387 i = 0
388 while i < len(comps):
389 if comps[i] == '.':
390 del comps[i]
391 elif comps[i] == '..' and i > 0 and comps[i-1] not in ('', '..'):
392 del comps[i-1:i+1]
393 i = i - 1
394 elif comps[i] == '' and i > 0 and comps[i-1] != '':
395 del comps[i]
396 else:
397 i = i + 1
398 # If the path is now empty, substitute '.'
399 if not prefix and not comps:
400 comps.append('.')
401 return prefix + "\\".join(comps)
404 # Return an absolute path.
405 def abspath(path):
406 """Return the absolute version of a path"""
407 try:
408 import win32api
409 except ImportError:
410 global abspath
411 def _abspath(path):
412 if not isabs(path):
413 path = join(os.getcwd(), path)
414 return normpath(path)
415 abspath = _abspath
416 return _abspath(path)
417 if path: # Empty path must return current working directory.
418 try:
419 path = win32api.GetFullPathName(path)
420 except win32api.error:
421 pass # Bad path - return unchanged.
422 else:
423 path = os.getcwd()
424 return normpath(path)