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