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1 """Pathname and path-related operations for the Macintosh."""
3 import os
4 import warnings
5 from stat import *
6 import genericpath
7 from genericpath import *
9 __all__ = ["normcase","isabs","join","splitdrive","split","splitext",
10 "basename","dirname","commonprefix","getsize","getmtime",
11 "getatime","getctime", "islink","exists","lexists","isdir","isfile",
12 "walk","expanduser","expandvars","normpath","abspath",
13 "curdir","pardir","sep","pathsep","defpath","altsep","extsep",
14 "devnull","realpath","supports_unicode_filenames"]
16 # strings representing various path-related bits and pieces
17 curdir = ':'
18 pardir = '::'
19 extsep = '.'
20 sep = ':'
21 pathsep = '\n'
22 defpath = ':'
23 altsep = None
24 devnull = 'Dev:Null'
26 # Normalize the case of a pathname. Dummy in Posix, but <s>.lower() here.
28 def normcase(path):
29 return path.lower()
32 def isabs(s):
33 """Return true if a path is absolute.
34 On the Mac, relative paths begin with a colon,
35 but as a special case, paths with no colons at all are also relative.
36 Anything else is absolute (the string up to the first colon is the
37 volume name)."""
39 return ':' in s and s[0] != ':'
42 def join(s, *p):
43 path = s
44 for t in p:
45 if (not s) or isabs(t):
46 path = t
47 continue
48 if t[:1] == ':':
49 t = t[1:]
50 if ':' not in path:
51 path = ':' + path
52 if path[-1:] != ':':
53 path = path + ':'
54 path = path + t
55 return path
58 def split(s):
59 """Split a pathname into two parts: the directory leading up to the final
60 bit, and the basename (the filename, without colons, in that directory).
61 The result (s, t) is such that join(s, t) yields the original argument."""
63 if ':' not in s: return '', s
64 colon = 0
65 for i in range(len(s)):
66 if s[i] == ':': colon = i + 1
67 path, file = s[:colon-1], s[colon:]
68 if path and not ':' in path:
69 path = path + ':'
70 return path, file
73 def splitext(p):
74 return genericpath._splitext(p, sep, altsep, extsep)
75 splitext.__doc__ = genericpath._splitext.__doc__
77 def splitdrive(p):
78 """Split a pathname into a drive specification and the rest of the
79 path. Useful on DOS/Windows/NT; on the Mac, the drive is always
80 empty (don't use the volume name -- it doesn't have the same
81 syntactic and semantic oddities as DOS drive letters, such as there
82 being a separate current directory per drive)."""
84 return '', p
87 # Short interfaces to split()
89 def dirname(s): return split(s)[0]
90 def basename(s): return split(s)[1]
92 def ismount(s):
93 if not isabs(s):
94 return False
95 components = split(s)
96 return len(components) == 2 and components[1] == ''
98 def islink(s):
99 """Return true if the pathname refers to a symbolic link."""
101 try:
102 import Carbon.File
103 return Carbon.File.ResolveAliasFile(s, 0)[2]
104 except:
105 return False
107 # Is `stat`/`lstat` a meaningful difference on the Mac? This is safe in any
108 # case.
110 def lexists(path):
111 """Test whether a path exists. Returns True for broken symbolic links"""
113 try:
114 st = os.lstat(path)
115 except os.error:
116 return False
117 return True
119 def expandvars(path):
120 """Dummy to retain interface-compatibility with other operating systems."""
121 return path
124 def expanduser(path):
125 """Dummy to retain interface-compatibility with other operating systems."""
126 return path
128 class norm_error(Exception):
129 """Path cannot be normalized"""
131 def normpath(s):
132 """Normalize a pathname. Will return the same result for
133 equivalent paths."""
135 if ":" not in s:
136 return ":"+s
138 comps = s.split(":")
139 i = 1
140 while i < len(comps)-1:
141 if comps[i] == "" and comps[i-1] != "":
142 if i > 1:
143 del comps[i-1:i+1]
144 i = i - 1
145 else:
146 # best way to handle this is to raise an exception
147 raise norm_error, 'Cannot use :: immediately after volume name'
148 else:
149 i = i + 1
151 s = ":".join(comps)
153 # remove trailing ":" except for ":" and "Volume:"
154 if s[-1] == ":" and len(comps) > 2 and s != ":"*len(s):
155 s = s[:-1]
156 return s
159 def walk(top, func, arg):
160 """Directory tree walk with callback function.
162 For each directory in the directory tree rooted at top (including top
163 itself, but excluding '.' and '..'), call func(arg, dirname, fnames).
164 dirname is the name of the directory, and fnames a list of the names of
165 the files and subdirectories in dirname (excluding '.' and '..'). func
166 may modify the fnames list in-place (e.g. via del or slice assignment),
167 and walk will only recurse into the subdirectories whose names remain in
168 fnames; this can be used to implement a filter, or to impose a specific
169 order of visiting. No semantics are defined for, or required of, arg,
170 beyond that arg is always passed to func. It can be used, e.g., to pass
171 a filename pattern, or a mutable object designed to accumulate
172 statistics. Passing None for arg is common."""
173 warnings.warnpy3k("In 3.x, os.path.walk is removed in favor of os.walk.")
174 try:
175 names = os.listdir(top)
176 except os.error:
177 return
178 func(arg, top, names)
179 for name in names:
180 name = join(top, name)
181 if isdir(name) and not islink(name):
182 walk(name, func, arg)
185 def abspath(path):
186 """Return an absolute path."""
187 if not isabs(path):
188 path = join(os.getcwd(), path)
189 return normpath(path)
191 # realpath is a no-op on systems without islink support
192 def realpath(path):
193 path = abspath(path)
194 try:
195 import Carbon.File
196 except ImportError:
197 return path
198 if not path:
199 return path
200 components = path.split(':')
201 path = components[0] + ':'
202 for c in components[1:]:
203 path = join(path, c)
204 path = Carbon.File.FSResolveAliasFile(path, 1)[0].as_pathname()
205 return path
207 supports_unicode_filenames = False