On Mon, Jan 08, 2018 at 12:39:07AM +, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote:
> To be fair realpath() does do a tiny bit of magic in that it
> checks if the file (or any part of the path) is a link (aka
> shortcut) and tries to give you the actual path to the
> original file - ie it follows the link.
As
On Mon, Jan 08, 2018 at 12:31:06AM +, Alan Gauld wrote:
> On 07/01/18 23:38, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> > I've tried emailing in response to the os.path.realpath thread twice,
> > and neither email has made it through.
> >
> > Alan, am I stuck in the moderator queue for some reason?
>
> Nope, n
On 08/01/18 00:17, boB Stepp wrote:
>> The os.path module is mostly a string manipulation toolkit.
>
> This is the critical piece that was eluding me. I assumed that the
> actual file system was being queried, checked and expanded as needed.
To be fair realpath() does do a tiny bit of magic in
On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 5:38 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> I've tried emailing in response to the os.path.realpath thread twice,
> and neither email has made it through.
>
> Alan, am I stuck in the moderator queue for some reason?
This one made it through. My original answer to your post last nigh
On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 8:32 AM, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote:
> On 07/01/18 09:07, boB Stepp wrote:
>> clarify this? What is the methodology that os.path.realpath(path) is
>> actually following to yield a particular path name? And why does it
>> not care if path refers to a real file or not?
>
> T
I've tried emailing in response to the os.path.realpath thread twice,
and neither email has made it through.
Alan, am I stuck in the moderator queue for some reason?
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On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 4:51 AM, Albert-Jan Roskam
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> On Jan 7, 2018 09:08, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> realpath() returns the canonical path of the given filename. It doesn't
>> try to locate some actual existing file.
>
> I always thought that os.path.realpath is the Python equivalent of
On 07/01/18 09:07, boB Stepp wrote:
> clarify this? What is the methodology that os.path.realpath(path) is
> actually following to yield a particular path name? And why does it
> not care if path refers to a real file or not?
The os.path module is mostly a string manipulation toolkit.
It checks
On Jan 7, 2018 09:08, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jan 07, 2018 at 12:49:59AM -0600, boB Stepp wrote:
>
> > Win7, Python 3.6.2
> >
> > If I run a unit test with the following embedded:
> >
> > print('realpath =', os.path.realpath('test_main.py'))
> >
> > I get the following in my test outpu
On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 2:05 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 07, 2018 at 12:49:59AM -0600, boB Stepp wrote:
>
>> Win7, Python 3.6.2
>>
>> If I run a unit test with the following embedded:
>>
>> print('realpath =', os.path.realpath('test_main.py'))
>>
>> I get the following in my test outpu
On Sun, Jan 07, 2018 at 12:49:59AM -0600, boB Stepp wrote:
> Win7, Python 3.6.2
>
> If I run a unit test with the following embedded:
>
> print('realpath =', os.path.realpath('test_main.py'))
>
> I get the following in my test output (Only relevant line is shown):
>
> Ensure expected list of s
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