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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1997-08-29 22:36:47 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1997-08-29 22:36:47 (GMT)
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Write out the dynamic OS choice, to avoid exec statements.
Adding support for a new OS is now a bit more work, but I bet that 'dos' or 'nt' will cover most situations...
Diffstat (limited to 'Lib')
-rw-r--r--Lib/os.py117
1 files changed, 66 insertions, 51 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/os.py b/Lib/os.py
index 51e8a67..7f9e696 100644
--- a/Lib/os.py
+++ b/Lib/os.py
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
# - os.name is either 'posix' or 'mac'
# - os.curdir is a string representing the current directory ('.' or ':')
# - os.pardir is a string representing the parent directory ('..' or '::')
-# - os.sep is the (or a most common) pathname separator ('/' or ':')
+# - os.sep is the (or a most common) pathname separator ('/' or ':' or '\\')
+# - os.altsep is the alternatte pathname separator (None or '/')
# - os.pathsep is the component separator used in $PATH etc
# - os.defpath is the default search path for executables
@@ -16,39 +17,71 @@
# and opendir), and leave all pathname manipulation to os.path
# (e.g., split and join).
-_osindex = {
- 'posix': ('.', '..', '/', ':', ':/bin:/usr/bin'),
- 'dos': ('.', '..', '\\', ';', '.;C:\\bin'),
- 'nt': ('.', '..', '\\', ';', '.;C:\\bin'),
- 'mac': (':', '::', ':', '\n', ':'),
-}
+import sys
-# For freeze.py script:
-if 0:
- import posix
- import posixpath
+_names = sys.builtin_module_names
-import sys
-for name in _osindex.keys():
- if name in sys.builtin_module_names:
- curdir, pardir, sep, pathsep, defpath = _osindex[name]
- exec 'from %s import *' % name
- exec 'import %spath' % name
- exec 'path = %spath' % name
- exec 'del %spath' % name
- try:
- exec 'from %s import _exit' % name
- except ImportError:
- pass
- try:
- environ
- except:
- environ = {} # Make sure os.environ exists, at least
- break
+altsep = None
+
+if 'posix' in _names:
+ name = 'posix'
+ curdir = '.'; pardir = '..'; sep = '/'; pathsep = ':'
+ defpath = ':/bin:/usr/bin'
+ from posix import *
+ try:
+ from posix import _exit
+ except ImportError:
+ pass
+ import posixpath
+ path = posixpath
+ del posixpath
+elif 'nt' in _names:
+ name = 'nt'
+ curdir = '.'; pardir = '..'; sep = '\\'; pathsep = ';'
+ defpath = '.;C:\\bin'
+ from nt import *
+ try:
+ from nt import _exit
+ except ImportError:
+ pass
+ import ntpath
+ path = ntpath
+ del ntpath
+elif 'dos' in _names:
+ name = 'dos'
+ curdir = '.'; pardir = '..'; sep = '\\'; pathsep = ';'
+ defpath = '.;C:\\bin'
+ from dos import *
+ try:
+ from dos import _exit
+ except ImportError:
+ pass
+ import dospath
+ path = dospath
+ del dospath
+elif 'mac' in _names:
+ name = 'mac'
+ curdir = ':'; pardir = '::'; sep = ':'; pathsep = '\n'
+ defpath = ':'
+ from mac import *
+ try:
+ from mac import _exit
+ except ImportError:
+ pass
+ import macpath
+ path = macpath
+ del macpath
else:
- del name
raise ImportError, 'no os specific module found'
+del _names
+
+# Make sure os.environ exists, at least
+try:
+ environ
+except NameError:
+ environ = {}
+
def execl(file, *args):
execv(file, args)
@@ -104,31 +137,13 @@ def _execvpe(file, args, env = None):
exc, arg = error, (errno, msg)
raise exc, arg
-# Provide listdir for Windows NT that doesn't have it built in
-if name == 'nt':
- try:
- _tmp = listdir
- del _tmp
- except NameError:
- def listdir(name):
- if path.ismount(name):
- list = ['.']
- else:
- list = ['.', '..']
- f = popen('dir/l/b ' + name, 'r')
- line = f.readline()
- while line:
- list.append(line[:-1])
- line = f.readline()
- return list
-
-
# Change environ to automatically call putenv() if it exists
try:
- _putenv = putenv
+ # This will fail if there's no putenv
+ putenv
except NameError:
- _putenv = None
-if _putenv:
+ pass
+else:
import UserDict
class _Environ(UserDict.UserDict):