os.path.normpath

[Graham Dumpleton]

Hari Sekhon wrote ..
> grahamd at dscpl.com.au wrote:
> > nathanbullock at gmail.com wrote:
> >   
> >> I am using a windows box and passing a string like "../foo/../foo2"
> to
> >> normpath which then returns "..\\foo2". But if this string is going
> >> into a webpage link it should really be "../foo".
> >>
> >> Is there any way to tell os.path.normpath to act like we are an a unix
> >> style box?
> >>     
> >
> > Use posixpath.normpath() instead.
> >
> >   
> I can't seem to find posixpath in the docs, but I can import posixpath
> and a dir shows it does indeed have a normpath.

Quoting:

  http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.5/lib/node750.html

it says:

  posixpath
  -- Implementation of os.path on POSIX.

What it provides is therefore documented by os.path module. The posixpath
module is still accessible on non POSIX platforms though.

Graham