Clarify the docs for the 'strict' argument to httplib.HTTPConnection.
[python.git] / Lib / genericpath.py
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1 """
2 Path operations common to more than one OS
3 Do not use directly. The OS specific modules import the appropriate
4 functions from this module themselves.
5 """
6 import os
7 import stat
9 __all__ = ['commonprefix', 'exists', 'getatime', 'getctime', 'getmtime',
10 'getsize', 'isdir', 'isfile']
13 # Does a path exist?
14 # This is false for dangling symbolic links on systems that support them.
15 def exists(path):
16 """Test whether a path exists. Returns False for broken symbolic links"""
17 try:
18 st = os.stat(path)
19 except os.error:
20 return False
21 return True
24 # This follows symbolic links, so both islink() and isdir() can be true
25 # for the same path ono systems that support symlinks
26 def isfile(path):
27 """Test whether a path is a regular file"""
28 try:
29 st = os.stat(path)
30 except os.error:
31 return False
32 return stat.S_ISREG(st.st_mode)
35 # Is a path a directory?
36 # This follows symbolic links, so both islink() and isdir()
37 # can be true for the same path on systems that support symlinks
38 def isdir(s):
39 """Return true if the pathname refers to an existing directory."""
40 try:
41 st = os.stat(s)
42 except os.error:
43 return False
44 return stat.S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)
47 def getsize(filename):
48 """Return the size of a file, reported by os.stat()."""
49 return os.stat(filename).st_size
52 def getmtime(filename):
53 """Return the last modification time of a file, reported by os.stat()."""
54 return os.stat(filename).st_mtime
57 def getatime(filename):
58 """Return the last access time of a file, reported by os.stat()."""
59 return os.stat(filename).st_atime
62 def getctime(filename):
63 """Return the metadata change time of a file, reported by os.stat()."""
64 return os.stat(filename).st_ctime
67 # Return the longest prefix of all list elements.
68 def commonprefix(m):
69 "Given a list of pathnames, returns the longest common leading component"
70 if not m: return ''
71 s1 = min(m)
72 s2 = max(m)
73 for i, c in enumerate(s1):
74 if c != s2[i]:
75 return s1[:i]
76 return s1
78 # Split a path in root and extension.
79 # The extension is everything starting at the last dot in the last
80 # pathname component; the root is everything before that.
81 # It is always true that root + ext == p.
83 # Generic implementation of splitext, to be parametrized with
84 # the separators
85 def _splitext(p, sep, altsep, extsep):
86 """Split the extension from a pathname.
88 Extension is everything from the last dot to the end, ignoring
89 leading dots. Returns "(root, ext)"; ext may be empty."""
91 sepIndex = p.rfind(sep)
92 if altsep:
93 altsepIndex = p.rfind(altsep)
94 sepIndex = max(sepIndex, altsepIndex)
96 dotIndex = p.rfind(extsep)
97 if dotIndex > sepIndex:
98 # skip all leading dots
99 filenameIndex = sepIndex + 1
100 while filenameIndex < dotIndex:
101 if p[filenameIndex] != extsep:
102 return p[:dotIndex], p[dotIndex:]
103 filenameIndex += 1
105 return p, ''