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| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/distutils/util.py | 28 |
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diff --git a/Lib/distutils/util.py b/Lib/distutils/util.py index 03c0c88..683d167 100644 --- a/Lib/distutils/util.py +++ b/Lib/distutils/util.py @@ -458,3 +458,31 @@ def get_platform (): return sys.platform # get_platform() + + +def native_path (pathname): + """Return 'pathname' as a name that will work on the native + filesystem, i.e. split it on '/' and put it back together again + using the current directory separator. Needed because filenames in + the setup script are always supplied in Unix style, and have to be + converted to the local convention before we can actually use them in + the filesystem. Raises DistutilsValueError if 'pathname' is + absolute (starts with '/') or contains local directory separators + (unless the local separator is '/', of course).""" + + if pathname[0] == '/': + raise DistutilsValueError, "path '%s' cannot be absolute" % pathname + if pathname[-1] == '/': + raise DistutilsValueError, "path '%s' cannot end with '/'" % pathname + if os.sep != '/': + if os.sep in pathname: + raise DistutilsValueError, \ + "path '%s' cannot contain '%c' character" % \ + (pathname, os.sep) + + paths = string.split (pathname, '/') + return apply (os.path.join, paths) + else: + return pathname + +# native_path () |