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| author | Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> | 2013-03-17 19:25:12 (GMT) |
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| committer | Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> | 2013-03-17 19:25:12 (GMT) |
| commit | a52c2d6d2fc4e8f598b1614540df7c05c57aa4cb (patch) | |
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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.path.rst b/Doc/library/os.path.rst index 0f63849..071ba1f 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst @@ -218,13 +218,11 @@ 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) |