[ python-Bugs-929316 ] many os.path functions bahave inconsistently

Sun Apr 4 14:45:23 EDT 2004

Bugs item #929316, was opened at 2004-04-04 20:45
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Category: Python Library
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Simon Percivall (percivall)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: many os.path functions bahave inconsistently

Initial Comment:
Many os.path functions return different paths before and after 
applying os.path.normpath/os.path.realpath/os.path.abspath, etc. 
Functions such as os.path.basename and os.path.dirname will not 
handle a trailing slash "correctly".

>>> dirs = &#039;/usr/local/&#039;
>>> os.path.dirname(dirs)
&#039;/usr/local&#039;
>>> os.path.basename(dirs)
&#039;&#039;
>>>
>>> dirs = os.path.normpath(dirs)
>>> os.path.dirname(dirs)
&#039;/usr&#039;
>>> os.path.basename(dirs)
&#039;local&#039;
>>>

This should be wrong since normpath/realpath/abspath shouldn&#039;t 
have such an effect on other os.path functions.

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