The ntpath Module

The ntpath module (see Example 13-3) provides os.path functionality on Windows platforms. You can also use it to handle Windows paths on other platforms.

Example 13-3. Using the ntpath Module

File: ntpath-example-1.py import ntpath file = "/my/little/pony" print "isabs", "=>", ntpath.isabs(file) print "dirname", "=>", ntpath.dirname(file) print "basename", "=>", ntpath.basename(file) print "normpath", "=>", ntpath.normpath(file) print "split", "=>", ntpath.split(file) print "join", "=>", ntpath.join(file, "zorba") isabs => 1 dirname => /my/little basename => pony normpath => mylittlepony split => (/my/little, pony) join => /my/little/ponyzorba

Note that this module treats both forward slashes ( / ) and backward slashes ( ) as directory separators.