Function

Example

abspath()

see Path.absolute

basename()

see Path.name

commonpath()

commonpath('/usr/lib', '/usr/local') returns '/usr'

commonprefix()

commonprefix('/usr/lib', '/usr/local') returns '/usr/l'

dirname()

see Path.parent

exists()

see Path.exists

expanduser()

see Path.expanduser and Path.home

expandvars()

variable references like $name and ${name} (and %name% on Windows) are replaced with variable values if defined

getatime()

last access time of a file, as a float representing seconds since the epoch

getctime()

last metadata change time (Unix) or creation time (Windows) of a file

getmtime()

last modification time of a file

getsize()

size of a file

isabs()

see Path.is_absolute

isdir()

see Path.is_dir

isfile()

see Path.is_file

islink()

see Path.is_symlink

join()

see Path.joinpath

normcase()

on Windows only, push letters to lowercase and replace forward slashes (/) with backslashes (\)

normpath()

collapse redundant separators and up-level references

realpath()

see Path.resolve

relpath()

see Path.relative_to

samefile()

see Path.samefile

sameopenfile()

test if two open file objects are the same

samestat()

test if two os.stat_result instances are the same

split()

split('/usr/bin') returns ('/usr/', 'bin', ); split('/usr/') returns ('/usr/', '', )

splitdrive()

on Windows only, split the drive letter or UNC host name off

splitext()

see Path.stem and Path.suffix