"""Convert a NT pathname to a file URL and vice versa.""" __all__ = ["url2pathname"] def url2pathname(url): r"""Convert a URL to a DOS path. ///C|/foo/bar/spam.foo becomes C:\foo\bar\spam.foo """ import string, urllib if not '|' in url: # No drive specifier, just convert slashes if url[:4] == '////': # path is something like ////host/path/on/remote/host # convert this to \\host\path\on\remote\host # (notice halving of slashes at the start of the path) url = url[2:] components = url.split('/') # make sure not to convert quoted slashes :-) return urllib.unquote('\\'.join(components)) comp = url.split('|') if len(comp) != 2 or comp[0][-1] not in string.letters: error = 'Bad URL: ' + url raise IOError, error drive = comp[0][-1].upper() components = comp[1].split('/') path = drive + ':' for comp in components: if comp: path = path + '\\' + urllib.unquote(comp) return path def pathname2url(p): r"""Convert a DOS path name to a file url. C:\foo\bar\spam.foo becomes ///C|/foo/bar/spam.foo """ import string, urllib if not ':' in p: # No drive specifier, just convert slashes and quote the name if p[:2] == '\\\\': # path is something like \\host\path\on\remote\host # convert this to ////host/path/on/remote/host # (notice doubling of slashes at the start of the path) p = '\\\\' + p components = p.split('\\') return urllib.quote('/'.join(components)) comp = p.split(':') if len(comp) != 2 or len(comp[0]) > 1: error = 'Bad path: ' + p raise IOError, error drive = urllib.quote(comp[0].upper()) components = comp[1].split('\\') path = '///' + drive + '|' for comp in components: if comp: path = path + '/' + urllib.quote(comp) return path