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| author | Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> | 2013-03-17 19:22:00 (GMT) |
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| committer | Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> | 2013-03-17 19:22:00 (GMT) |
| commit | 3380170ea5c29c8b823dcdf3c0f77f168f6998e4 (patch) | |
| tree | 112bcebdcf92a1623fe68e750f04230d7f4162d6 /Doc/library/os.path.rst | |
| parent | 1eec53d9baa97cb89f57facdc3b8a2953b07d19c (diff) | |
| parent | ec6e132987f5d8595e0177686a4e986c4c9c06fd (diff) | |
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Merge with 3.2
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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.path.rst b/Doc/library/os.path.rst index 36a61a5..58366f2 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst @@ -219,13 +219,11 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) .. function:: normpath(path) - Normalize a pathname. This collapses redundant separators and up-level - references so that ``A//B``, ``A/B/``, ``A/./B`` and ``A/foo/../B`` all become - ``A/B``. - - It does not normalize the case (use :func:`normcase` for that). On Windows, it - converts forward slashes to backward slashes. It should be understood that this - may change the meaning of the path if it contains symbolic links! + Normalize a pathname by collapsing redundant separators and up-level + references so that ``A//B``, ``A/B/``, ``A/./B`` and ``A/foo/../B`` all + become ``A/B``. This string manipulation may change the meaning of a path + that contains symbolic links. On Windows, it converts forward slashes to + backward slashes. To normalize case, use :func:`normcase`. .. function:: realpath(path) |