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diff --git a/Lib/posixpath.py b/Lib/posixpath.py
index 1521236..6f15d48 100644
--- a/Lib/posixpath.py
+++ b/Lib/posixpath.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ for manipulation of the pathname component of URLs.
import os
import stat
+import genericpath
from genericpath import *
__all__ = ["normcase","isabs","join","splitdrive","split","splitext",
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ __all__ = ["normcase","isabs","join","splitdrive","split","splitext",
"ismount","walk","expanduser","expandvars","normpath","abspath",
"samefile","sameopenfile","samestat",
"curdir","pardir","sep","pathsep","defpath","altsep","extsep",
- "devnull","realpath","supports_unicode_filenames"]
+ "devnull","realpath","supports_unicode_filenames","relpath"]
# strings representing various path-related bits and pieces
curdir = '.'
@@ -88,14 +89,8 @@ def split(p):
# It is always true that root + ext == p.
def splitext(p):
- """Split the extension from a pathname. Extension is everything from the
- last dot to the end. Returns "(root, ext)", either part may be empty."""
- i = p.rfind('.')
- if i<=p.rfind('/'):
- return p, ''
- else:
- return p[:i], p[i:]
-
+ return genericpath._splitext(p, sep, altsep, extsep)
+splitext.__doc__ = genericpath._splitext.__doc__
# Split a pathname into a drive specification and the rest of the
# path. Useful on DOS/Windows/NT; on Unix, the drive is always empty.
@@ -387,3 +382,18 @@ def _resolve_link(path):
return path
supports_unicode_filenames = False
+
+def relpath(path, start=curdir):
+ """Return a relative version of a path"""
+
+ if not path:
+ raise ValueError("no path specified")
+
+ start_list = abspath(start).split(sep)
+ path_list = abspath(path).split(sep)
+
+ # Work out how much of the filepath is shared by start and path.
+ i = len(commonprefix([start_list, path_list]))
+
+ rel_list = [pardir] * (len(start_list)-i) + path_list[i:]
+ return join(*rel_list)