"os.path" — manipulation courante des chemins
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**Source code:** Lib/posixpath.py (for POSIX) and Lib/ntpath.py (for
Windows).

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This module implements some useful functions on pathnames. To read or
write files see "open()", and for accessing the filesystem see the
"os" module. The path parameters can be passed as strings, or bytes,
or any object implementing the "os.PathLike" protocol.

Unlike a Unix shell, Python does not do any *automatic* path
expansions. Functions such as "expanduser()" and "expandvars()" can be
invoked explicitly when an application desires shell-like path
expansion.  (See also the "glob" module.)

Voir aussi:

  Le module "pathlib" offre une représentation objet de haut niveau
  des chemins.

Note:

  Toutes ces fonctions n'acceptent que des chaînes d'octets ou des
  chaînes de caractères en tant que paramètres. Le résultat est un
  objet du même type si un chemin ou un nom de fichier est renvoyé.

Note:

  Comme les différents systèmes d'exploitation ont des conventions de
  noms de chemins différentes, il existe plusieurs versions de ce
  module dans la bibliothèque standard. Le module "os.path" est
  toujours le module de chemin adapté au système d'exploitation sur
  lequel Python tourne, et donc adapté pour les chemins locaux.
  Cependant, vous pouvez également importer et utiliser les modules
  individuels si vous voulez manipuler un chemin qui est *toujours*
  dans l'un des différents formats. Ils ont tous la même interface :

  * "posixpath" pour les chemins de type UNIX

  * "ntpath" pour les chemins Windows

Modifié dans la version 3.8: "exists()", "lexists()", "isdir()",
"isfile()", "islink()", and "ismount()" now return "False" instead of
raising an exception for paths that contain characters or bytes
unrepresentable at the OS level.

os.path.abspath(path)

   Renvoie une version absolue et normalisée du chemin d'accès *path*.
   Sur la plupart des plates-formes, cela équivaut à appeler la
   fonction "normpath()" comme suit : "normpath(join(os.getcwd(),
   chemin))".

   Modifié dans la version 3.6: Accepte un *path-like object*.

os.path.basename(path)

   Renvoie le nom de base du chemin d'accès *path*.  C'est le second
   élément de la paire renvoyée en passant *path* à la fonction
   "split()". Notez que le résultat de cette fonction est différent de
   celui du programme Unix **basename** ; là où **basename** pour
   "'/foo/bar/'" renvoie "'bar'", la fonction "basename()" renvoie une
   chaîne vide ("''").

   Modifié dans la version 3.6: Accepte un *path-like object*.

os.path.commonpath(paths)

   Return the longest common sub-path of each pathname in the sequence
   *paths*.  Raise "ValueError" if *paths* contain both absolute and
   relative pathnames, the *paths* are on the different drives or if
   *paths* is empty.  Unlike "commonprefix()", this returns a valid
   path.

   Disponibilité : Unix, Windows.

   Nouveau dans la version 3.5.

   Modifié dans la version 3.6: Accepts a sequence of *path-like
   objects*.

os.path.commonprefix(list)

   Return the longest string prefix (taken character-by-character)
   that is a prefix of all strings in *list*.  If *list* is empty,
   return the empty string ("''").

   Avertissement:

     This function may return invalid paths because it works a
     character at a time. If you need a **common path prefix**, then
     the algorithm implemented in this function is not secure. Use
     "commonpath()" for finding a common path prefix.

        >>> os.path.commonprefix(['/usr/lib', '/usr/local/lib'])
        '/usr/l'

        >>> os.path.commonpath(['/usr/lib', '/usr/local/lib'])
        '/usr'

   Modifié dans la version 3.6: Accepte un *path-like object*.

os.path.dirname(path)

   Return the directory name of pathname *path*.  This is the first
   element of the pair returned by passing *path* to the function
   "split()".

   Modifié dans la version 3.6: Accepte un *path-like object*.

os.path.exists(path)

   Return "True" if *path* refers to an existing path or an open file
   descriptor.  Returns "False" for broken symbolic links.  On some
   platforms, this function may return "False" if permission is not
   granted to execute "os.stat()" on the requested file, even if the
   *path* physically exists.

   Modifié dans la version 3.3: *path* can now be an integer: "True"
   is returned if it is an  open file descriptor, "False" otherwise.

   Modifié dans la version 3.6: Accepte un *path-like object*.

os.path.lexists(path)

   Return "True" if *path* refers to an existing path. Returns "True"
   for broken symbolic links.   Equivalent to "exists()" on platforms
   lacking "os.lstat()".

   Modifié dans la version 3.6: Accepte un *path-like object*.

os.path.expanduser(path)

   On Unix and Windows, return the argument with an initial component
   of "~" or "~user" replaced by that *user*'s home directory.

   On Unix, an initial "~" is replaced by the environment variable
   "HOME" if it is set; otherwise the current user's home directory is
   looked up in the password directory through the built-in module
   "pwd". An initial "~user" is looked up directly in the password
   directory.

   On Windows, "USERPROFILE" will be used if set, otherwise a
   combination of "HOMEPATH" and "HOMEDRIVE" will be used.  An initial
   "~user" is handled by checking that the last directory component of
   the current user's home directory matches "USERNAME", and replacing
   it if so.

   If the expansion fails or if the path does not begin with a tilde,
   the path is returned unchanged.

   Modifié dans la version 3.6: Accepte un *path-like object*.

   Modifié dans la version 3.8: No longer uses "HOME" on Windows.

os.path.expandvars(path)

   Return the argument with environment variables expanded.
   Substrings of the form "$name" or "${name}" are replaced by the
   value of environment variable *name*.  Malformed variable names and
   references to non-existing variables are left unchanged.

   On Windows, "%name%" expansions are supported in addition to
   "$name" and "${name}".

   Modifié dans la version 3.6: Accepte un *path-like object*.

os.path.getatime(path)

   Return the time of last access of *path*.  The return value is a
   floating point number giving the number of seconds since the epoch
   (see the  "time" module).  Raise "OSError" if the file does not
   exist or is inaccessible.

os.path.getmtime(path)

   Return the time of last modification of *path*.  The return value
   is a floating point number giving the number of seconds since the
   epoch (see the  "time" module). Raise "OSError" if the file does
   not exist or is inaccessible.

   Modifié dans la version 3.6: Accepte un *path-like object*.

os.path.getctime(path)

   Return the system's ctime which, on some systems (like Unix) is the
   time of the last metadata change, and, on others (like Windows), is
   the creation time for *path*. The return value is a number giving
   the number of seconds since the epoch (see the  "time" module).
   Raise "OSError" if the file does not exist or is inaccessible.

   Modifié dans la version 3.6: Accepte un *path-like object*.

os.path.getsize(path)

   Return the size, in bytes, of *path*.  Raise "OSError" if the file
   does not exist or is inaccessible.

   Modifié dans la version 3.6: Accepte un *path-like object*.

os.path.isabs(path)

   Return "True" if *path* is an absolute pathname.  On Unix, that
   means it begins with a slash, on Windows that it begins with a
   (back)slash after chopping off a potential drive letter.

   Modifié dans la version 3.6: Accepte un *path-like object*.

os.path.isfile(path)

   Return "True" if *path* is an "existing" regular file. This follows
   symbolic links, so both "islink()" and "isfile()" can be true for
   the same path.

   Modifié dans la version 3.6: Accepte un *path-like object*.

os.path.isdir(path)

   Return "True" if *path* is an "existing" directory.  This follows
   symbolic links, so both "islink()" and "isdir()" can be true for
   the same path.

   Modifié dans la version 3.6: Accepte un *path-like object*.

os.path.islink(path)

   Return "True" if *path* refers to an "existing" directory entry
   that is a symbolic link.  Always "False" if symbolic links are not
   supported by the Python runtime.

   Modifié dans la version 3.6: Accepte un *path-like object*.

os.path.ismount(path)

   Return "True" if pathname *path* is a *mount point*: a point in a
   file system where a different file system has been mounted.  On
   POSIX, the function checks whether *path*'s parent, "*path*/..", is
   on a different device than *path*, or whether "*path*/.." and
   *path* point to the same i-node on the same device --- this should
   detect mount points for all Unix and POSIX variants.  It is not
   able to reliably detect bind mounts on the same filesystem.  On
   Windows, a drive letter root and a share UNC are always mount
   points, and for any other path "GetVolumePathName" is called to see
   if it is different from the input path.

   Nouveau dans la version 3.4: Support for detecting non-root mount
   points on Windows.

   Modifié dans la version 3.6: Accepte un *path-like object*.

os.path.join(path, *paths)

   Join one or more path segments intelligently.  The return value is
   the concatenation of *path* and all members of **paths*, with
   exactly one directory separator following each non-empty part,
   except the last. That is, the result will only end in a separator
   if the last part is either empty or ends in a separator. If a
   segment is an absolute path (which on Windows requires both a drive
   and a root), then all previous segments are ignored and joining
   continues from the absolute path segment.

   On Windows, the drive is not reset when a rooted path segment
   (e.g., "r'\foo'") is encountered. If a segment is on a different
   drive or is an absolute path, all previous segments are ignored and
   the drive is reset. Note that since there is a current directory
   for each drive, "os.path.join("c:", "foo")" represents a path
   relative to the current directory on drive "C:" ("c:foo"), not
   "c:\foo".

   Modifié dans la version 3.6: Accepts a *path-like object* for
   *path* and *paths*.

os.path.normcase(path)

   Normalize the case of a pathname.  On Windows, convert all
   characters in the pathname to lowercase, and also convert forward
   slashes to backward slashes. On other operating systems, return the
   path unchanged.

   Modifié dans la version 3.6: Accepte un *path-like object*.

os.path.normpath(path)

      Normalize a pathname by collapsing redundant separators and up-
      level references so that "A//B", "A/B/", "A/./B" and
      "A/foo/../B" all become "A/B".  This string manipulation may
      change the meaning of a path that contains symbolic links.  On
      Windows, it converts forward slashes to backward slashes. To
      normalize case, use "normcase()".

   Note:

        On POSIX systems, in accordance with IEEE Std 1003.1 2013
        Edition; 4.13 Pathname Resolution, if a pathname begins with
        exactly two slashes, the first component following the leading
        characters may be interpreted in an implementation-defined
        manner, although more than two leading characters shall be
        treated as a single character.

     Modifié dans la version 3.6: Accepte un *path-like object*.

os.path.realpath(path, *, strict=False)

   Return the canonical path of the specified filename, eliminating
   any symbolic links encountered in the path (if they are supported
   by the operating system).

   By default, the path is evaluated up to the first component that
   does not exist, is a symlink loop, or whose evaluation raises
   "OSError". All such components are appended unchanged to the
   existing part of the path.

   Some errors that are handled this way include "access denied", "not
   a directory", or "bad argument to internal function". Thus, the
   resulting path may be missing or inaccessible, may still contain
   links or loops, and may traverse non-directories.

   This behavior can be modified by keyword arguments:

   If *strict* is "True", the first error encountered when evaluating
   the path is re-raised. In particular, "FileNotFoundError" is raised
   if *path* does not exist, or another "OSError" if it is otherwise
   inaccessible.

   If *strict* is "os.path.ALLOW_MISSING", errors other than
   "FileNotFoundError" are re-raised (as with "strict=True"). Thus,
   the returned path will not contain any symbolic links, but the
   named file and some of its parent directories may be missing.

   Note:

     This function emulates the operating system's procedure for
     making a path canonical, which differs slightly between Windows
     and UNIX with respect to how links and subsequent path components
     interact.Operating system APIs make paths canonical as needed, so
     it's not normally necessary to call this function.

   Modifié dans la version 3.6: Accepte un *path-like object*.

   Modifié dans la version 3.8: Symbolic links and junctions are now
   resolved on Windows.

   Modifié dans la version 3.10: The *strict* parameter was added.

   Modifié dans la version 3.11.13: The "ALLOW_MISSING" value for the
   *strict* parameter was added.

os.path.ALLOW_MISSING

   Special value used for the *strict* argument in "realpath()".

   Nouveau dans la version 3.11.13.

os.path.relpath(path, start=os.curdir)

   Return a relative filepath to *path* either from the current
   directory or from an optional *start* directory.  This is a path
   computation:  the filesystem is not accessed to confirm the
   existence or nature of *path* or *start*.  On Windows, "ValueError"
   is raised when *path* and *start* are on different drives.

   *start* defaults to "os.curdir".

   Disponibilité : Unix, Windows.

   Modifié dans la version 3.6: Accepte un *path-like object*.

os.path.samefile(path1, path2)

   Return "True" if both pathname arguments refer to the same file or
   directory. This is determined by the device number and i-node
   number and raises an exception if an "os.stat()" call on either
   pathname fails.

   Disponibilité : Unix, Windows.

   Modifié dans la version 3.2: Prise en charge de Windows.

   Modifié dans la version 3.4: Windows now uses the same
   implementation as all other platforms.

   Modifié dans la version 3.6: Accepte un *path-like object*.

os.path.sameopenfile(fp1, fp2)

   Return "True" if the file descriptors *fp1* and *fp2* refer to the
   same file.

   Disponibilité : Unix, Windows.

   Modifié dans la version 3.2: Prise en charge de Windows.

   Modifié dans la version 3.6: Accepte un *path-like object*.

os.path.samestat(stat1, stat2)

   Return "True" if the stat tuples *stat1* and *stat2* refer to the
   same file. These structures may have been returned by "os.fstat()",
   "os.lstat()", or "os.stat()".  This function implements the
   underlying comparison used by "samefile()" and "sameopenfile()".

   Disponibilité : Unix, Windows.

   Modifié dans la version 3.4: Prise en charge de Windows.

   Modifié dans la version 3.6: Accepte un *path-like object*.

os.path.split(path)

   Split the pathname *path* into a pair, "(head, tail)" where *tail*
   is the last pathname component and *head* is everything leading up
   to that.  The *tail* part will never contain a slash; if *path*
   ends in a slash, *tail* will be empty.  If there is no slash in
   *path*, *head* will be empty.  If *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).  Also see the functions "dirname()"
   and "basename()".

   Modifié dans la version 3.6: Accepte un *path-like object*.

os.path.splitdrive(path)

   Split the pathname *path* into a pair "(drive, tail)" where *drive*
   is either a mount point or the empty string.  On systems which do
   not use drive specifications, *drive* will always be the empty
   string.  In all cases, "drive + tail" will be the same as *path*.

   On Windows, splits a pathname into drive/UNC sharepoint and
   relative path.

   If the path contains a drive letter, drive will contain everything
   up to and including the colon:

      >>> splitdrive("c:/dir")
      ("c:", "/dir")

   If the path contains a UNC path, drive will contain the host name
   and share, up to but not including the fourth separator:

      >>> splitdrive("//host/computer/dir")
      ("//host/computer", "/dir")

   Modifié dans la version 3.6: Accepte un *path-like object*.

os.path.splitext(path)

   Split the pathname *path* into a pair "(root, ext)"  such that
   "root + ext == path", and the extension, *ext*, is empty or begins
   with a period and contains at most one period.

   If the path contains no extension, *ext* will be "''":

      >>> splitext('bar')
      ('bar', '')

   If the path contains an extension, then *ext* will be set to this
   extension, including the leading period. Note that previous periods
   will be ignored:

      >>> splitext('foo.bar.exe')
      ('foo.bar', '.exe')
      >>> splitext('/foo/bar.exe')
      ('/foo/bar', '.exe')

   Leading periods of the last component of the path are considered to
   be part of the root:

      >>> splitext('.cshrc')
      ('.cshrc', '')
      >>> splitext('/foo/....jpg')
      ('/foo/....jpg', '')

   Modifié dans la version 3.6: Accepte un *path-like object*.

os.path.supports_unicode_filenames

   "True" if arbitrary Unicode strings can be used as file names
   (within limitations imposed by the file system).
