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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/os.path.rst | 15 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.path.rst b/Doc/library/os.path.rst index 4adc49e..3e84de0c 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst @@ -35,15 +35,17 @@ write files see :func:`open`, and for accessing the filesystem see the .. function:: abspath(path) Return a normalized absolutized version of the pathname *path*. On most - platforms, this is equivalent to ``normpath(join(os.getcwd(), path))``. + platforms, this is equivalent to calling the function :func:`normpath` as + follows: ``normpath(join(os.getcwd(), path))``. .. versionadded:: 1.5.2 .. function:: basename(path) - Return the base name of pathname *path*. This is the second half of the pair - returned by ``split(path)``. Note that the result of this function is different + Return the base name of pathname *path*. This is the second element of the + pair returned by passing *path* to the function :func:`split`. Note that + the result of this function is different from the Unix :program:`basename` program; where :program:`basename` for ``'/foo/bar/'`` returns ``'bar'``, the :func:`basename` function returns an empty string (``''``). @@ -58,8 +60,8 @@ write files see :func:`open`, and for accessing the filesystem see the .. function:: dirname(path) - Return the directory name of pathname *path*. This is the first half of the - pair returned by ``split(path)``. + Return the directory name of pathname *path*. This is the first element of + the pair returned by passing *path* to the function :func:`split`. .. function:: exists(path) @@ -276,7 +278,8 @@ write files see :func:`open`, and for accessing the filesystem see the *path* is empty, both *head* and *tail* are empty. Trailing slashes are stripped from *head* unless it is the root (one or more slashes only). In all cases, ``join(head, tail)`` returns a path to the same location as *path* - (but the strings may differ). + (but the strings may differ). Also see the functions :func:`dirname` and + :func:`basename`. .. function:: splitdrive(path) |