Python Os Path

os.path is a module providing filesystem APIs.

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Functions

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