[Python-Dev] os.path.normcase rationale?

[Nir Soffer]

On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 1:36 AM, James Y Knight <foom at fuhm.net> wrote:
>
> An OSX code sketch is available here (summary: call FSPathMakeRef to get an
> FSRef from a path string, then FSRefMakePath to make it back into a path,
> which will then have the correct case). And note that it only works if the
> file actually exists.
>
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/370186/how-do-i-find-the-correct-case-of-a-filename
>
> It would indeed be useful to have that be available in Python.
>

There is a much simpler way:

>>> from Carbon import File
>>> File.FSRef('/tmp/foo').as_pathname()
'/private/tmp/Foo'

Note that this is much slower compared to os.path.exists.
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