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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 b_wins = 0 # set to 1 iff b makes path irrelevant
46 if path == "":
47 b_wins = 1
49 elif isabs(b):
50 # This probably wipes out path so far. However, it's more
51 # complicated if path begins with a drive letter:
52 # 1. join('c:', '/a') == 'c:/a'
53 # 2. join('c:/', '/a') == 'c:/a'
54 # But
55 # 3. join('c:/a', '/b') == '/b'
56 # 4. join('c:', 'd:/') = 'd:/'
57 # 5. join('c:/', 'd:/') = 'd:/'
58 if path[1:2] != ":" or b[1:2] == ":":
59 # Path doesn't start with a drive letter, or cases 4 and 5.
60 b_wins = 1
62 # Else path has a drive letter, and b doesn't but is absolute.
63 elif len(path) > 3 or (len(path) == 3 and
64 path[-1] not in "/\\"):
65 # case 3
66 b_wins = 1
68 if b_wins:
69 path = b
70 else:
71 # Join, and ensure there's a separator.
72 assert len(path) > 0
73 if path[-1] in "/\\":
74 if b and b[0] in "/\\":
75 path += b[1:]
76 else:
77 path += b
78 elif path[-1] == ":":
79 path += b
80 elif b:
81 if b[0] in "/\\":
82 path += b
83 else:
84 path += "\\" + b
86 return path
89 # Split a path in a drive specification (a drive letter followed by a
90 # colon) and the path specification.
91 # It is always true that drivespec + pathspec == p
92 def splitdrive(p):
93 """Split a pathname into drive and path specifiers. Returns a 2-tuple
94 "(drive,path)"; either part may be empty"""
95 if p[1:2] == ':':
96 return p[0:2], p[2:]
97 return '', p
100 # Parse UNC paths
101 def splitunc(p):
102 """Split a pathname into UNC mount point and relative path specifiers.
104 Return a 2-tuple (unc, rest); either part may be empty.
105 If unc is not empty, it has the form '//host/mount' (or similar
106 using backslashes). unc+rest is always the input path.
107 Paths containing drive letters never have an UNC part.
109 if p[1:2] == ':':
110 return '', p # Drive letter present
111 firstTwo = p[0:2]
112 if firstTwo == '//' or firstTwo == '\\\\':
113 # is a UNC path:
114 # vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv equivalent to drive letter
115 # \\machine\mountpoint\directories...
116 # directory ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
117 normp = normcase(p)
118 index = normp.find('\\', 2)
119 if index == -1:
120 ##raise RuntimeError, 'illegal UNC path: "' + p + '"'
121 return ("", p)
122 index = normp.find('\\', index + 1)
123 if index == -1:
124 index = len(p)
125 return p[:index], p[index:]
126 return '', p
129 # Split a path in head (everything up to the last '/') and tail (the
130 # rest). After the trailing '/' is stripped, the invariant
131 # join(head, tail) == p holds.
132 # The resulting head won't end in '/' unless it is the root.
134 def split(p):
135 """Split a pathname.
137 Return tuple (head, tail) where tail is everything after the final slash.
138 Either part may be empty."""
140 d, p = splitdrive(p)
141 # set i to index beyond p's last slash
142 i = len(p)
143 while i and p[i-1] not in '/\\':
144 i = i - 1
145 head, tail = p[:i], p[i:] # now tail has no slashes
146 # remove trailing slashes from head, unless it's all slashes
147 head2 = head
148 while head2 and head2[-1] in '/\\':
149 head2 = head2[:-1]
150 head = head2 or head
151 return d + head, tail
154 # Split a path in root and extension.
155 # The extension is everything starting at the last dot in the last
156 # pathname component; the root is everything before that.
157 # It is always true that root + ext == p.
159 def splitext(p):
160 """Split the extension from a pathname.
162 Extension is everything from the last dot to the end.
163 Return (root, ext), either part may be empty."""
164 root, ext = '', ''
165 for c in p:
166 if c in ['/','\\']:
167 root, ext = root + ext + c, ''
168 elif c == '.':
169 if ext:
170 root, ext = root + ext, c
171 else:
172 ext = c
173 elif ext:
174 ext = ext + c
175 else:
176 root = root + c
177 return root, ext
180 # Return the tail (basename) part of a path.
182 def basename(p):
183 """Returns the final component of a pathname"""
184 return split(p)[1]
187 # Return the head (dirname) part of a path.
189 def dirname(p):
190 """Returns the directory component of a pathname"""
191 return split(p)[0]
194 # Return the longest prefix of all list elements.
196 def commonprefix(m):
197 "Given a list of pathnames, returns the longest common leading component"
198 if not m: return ''
199 prefix = m[0]
200 for item in m:
201 for i in range(len(prefix)):
202 if prefix[:i+1] != item[:i+1]:
203 prefix = prefix[:i]
204 if i == 0: return ''
205 break
206 return prefix
209 # Get size, mtime, atime of files.
211 def getsize(filename):
212 """Return the size of a file, reported by os.stat()"""
213 st = os.stat(filename)
214 return st[stat.ST_SIZE]
216 def getmtime(filename):
217 """Return the last modification time of a file, reported by os.stat()"""
218 st = os.stat(filename)
219 return st[stat.ST_MTIME]
221 def getatime(filename):
222 """Return the last access time of a file, reported by os.stat()"""
223 st = os.stat(filename)
224 return st[stat.ST_ATIME]
227 # Is a path a symbolic link?
228 # This will always return false on systems where posix.lstat doesn't exist.
230 def islink(path):
231 """Test for symbolic link. On WindowsNT/95 always returns false"""
232 return 0
235 # Does a path exist?
236 # This is false for dangling symbolic links.
238 def exists(path):
239 """Test whether a path exists"""
240 try:
241 st = os.stat(path)
242 except os.error:
243 return 0
244 return 1
247 # Is a path a dos directory?
248 # This follows symbolic links, so both islink() and isdir() can be true
249 # for the same path.
251 def isdir(path):
252 """Test whether a path is a directory"""
253 try:
254 st = os.stat(path)
255 except os.error:
256 return 0
257 return stat.S_ISDIR(st[stat.ST_MODE])
260 # Is a path a regular file?
261 # This follows symbolic links, so both islink() and isdir() can be true
262 # for the same path.
264 def isfile(path):
265 """Test whether a path is a regular file"""
266 try:
267 st = os.stat(path)
268 except os.error:
269 return 0
270 return stat.S_ISREG(st[stat.ST_MODE])
273 # Is a path a mount point? Either a root (with or without drive letter)
274 # or an UNC path with at most a / or \ after the mount point.
276 def ismount(path):
277 """Test whether a path is a mount point (defined as root of drive)"""
278 unc, rest = splitunc(path)
279 if unc:
280 return rest in ("", "/", "\\")
281 p = splitdrive(path)[1]
282 return len(p) == 1 and p[0] in '/\\'
285 # Directory tree walk.
286 # For each directory under top (including top itself, but excluding
287 # '.' and '..'), func(arg, dirname, filenames) is called, where
288 # dirname is the name of the directory and filenames is the list
289 # files files (and subdirectories etc.) in the directory.
290 # The func may modify the filenames list, to implement a filter,
291 # or to impose a different order of visiting.
293 def walk(top, func, arg):
294 """Directory tree walk whth callback function.
296 walk(top, func, arg) calls func(arg, d, files) for each directory d
297 in the tree rooted at top (including top itself); files is a list
298 of all the files and subdirs in directory d."""
299 try:
300 names = os.listdir(top)
301 except os.error:
302 return
303 func(arg, top, names)
304 exceptions = ('.', '..')
305 for name in names:
306 if name not in exceptions:
307 name = join(top, name)
308 if isdir(name):
309 walk(name, func, arg)
312 # Expand paths beginning with '~' or '~user'.
313 # '~' means $HOME; '~user' means that user's home directory.
314 # If the path doesn't begin with '~', or if the user or $HOME is unknown,
315 # the path is returned unchanged (leaving error reporting to whatever
316 # function is called with the expanded path as argument).
317 # See also module 'glob' for expansion of *, ? and [...] in pathnames.
318 # (A function should also be defined to do full *sh-style environment
319 # variable expansion.)
321 def expanduser(path):
322 """Expand ~ and ~user constructs.
324 If user or $HOME is unknown, do nothing."""
325 if path[:1] != '~':
326 return path
327 i, n = 1, len(path)
328 while i < n and path[i] not in '/\\':
329 i = i + 1
330 if i == 1:
331 if os.environ.has_key('HOME'):
332 userhome = os.environ['HOME']
333 elif not os.environ.has_key('HOMEPATH'):
334 return path
335 else:
336 try:
337 drive = os.environ['HOMEDRIVE']
338 except KeyError:
339 drive = ''
340 userhome = join(drive, os.environ['HOMEPATH'])
341 else:
342 return path
343 return userhome + path[i:]
346 # Expand paths containing shell variable substitutions.
347 # The following rules apply:
348 # - no expansion within single quotes
349 # - no escape character, except for '$$' which is translated into '$'
350 # - ${varname} is accepted.
351 # - varnames can be made out of letters, digits and the character '_'
352 # XXX With COMMAND.COM you can use any characters in a variable name,
353 # XXX except '^|<>='.
355 def expandvars(path):
356 """Expand shell variables of form $var and ${var}.
358 Unknown variables are left unchanged."""
359 if '$' not in path:
360 return path
361 import string
362 varchars = string.ascii_letters + string.digits + '_-'
363 res = ''
364 index = 0
365 pathlen = len(path)
366 while index < pathlen:
367 c = path[index]
368 if c == '\'': # no expansion within single quotes
369 path = path[index + 1:]
370 pathlen = len(path)
371 try:
372 index = path.index('\'')
373 res = res + '\'' + path[:index + 1]
374 except ValueError:
375 res = res + path
376 index = pathlen - 1
377 elif c == '$': # variable or '$$'
378 if path[index + 1:index + 2] == '$':
379 res = res + c
380 index = index + 1
381 elif path[index + 1:index + 2] == '{':
382 path = path[index+2:]
383 pathlen = len(path)
384 try:
385 index = path.index('}')
386 var = path[:index]
387 if os.environ.has_key(var):
388 res = res + os.environ[var]
389 except ValueError:
390 res = res + path
391 index = pathlen - 1
392 else:
393 var = ''
394 index = index + 1
395 c = path[index:index + 1]
396 while c != '' and c in varchars:
397 var = var + c
398 index = index + 1
399 c = path[index:index + 1]
400 if os.environ.has_key(var):
401 res = res + os.environ[var]
402 if c != '':
403 res = res + c
404 else:
405 res = res + c
406 index = index + 1
407 return res
410 # Normalize a path, e.g. A//B, A/./B and A/foo/../B all become A/B.
411 # Previously, this function also truncated pathnames to 8+3 format,
412 # but as this module is called "ntpath", that's obviously wrong!
414 def normpath(path):
415 """Normalize path, eliminating double slashes, etc."""
416 path = path.replace("/", "\\")
417 prefix, path = splitdrive(path)
418 while path[:1] == "\\":
419 prefix = prefix + "\\"
420 path = path[1:]
421 comps = path.split("\\")
422 i = 0
423 while i < len(comps):
424 if comps[i] == '.':
425 del comps[i]
426 elif comps[i] == '..' and i > 0 and comps[i-1] not in ('', '..'):
427 del comps[i-1:i+1]
428 i = i - 1
429 elif comps[i] == '' and i > 0 and comps[i-1] != '':
430 del comps[i]
431 else:
432 i = i + 1
433 # If the path is now empty, substitute '.'
434 if not prefix and not comps:
435 comps.append('.')
436 return prefix + "\\".join(comps)
439 # Return an absolute path.
440 def abspath(path):
441 """Return the absolute version of a path"""
442 if path: # Empty path must return current working directory.
443 from nt import _getfullpathname
444 try:
445 path = _getfullpathname(path)
446 except WindowsError:
447 pass # Bad path - return unchanged.
448 else:
449 path = os.getcwd()
450 return normpath(path)