[Greg Ewing]
> ...
> A trailing slash on a Unix pathname doesn't tell you anything
> about whether it refers to a directory.
It does if it's also the only character in the pathname <0.5 wink>. The
same thing bites people on Windows, except even worse, because in UNC
pathnames the leading
\\machine\volume
"acts like a root", and the presence or absence of a trailing backslash
there makes a world of difference too.
> ...
> The only sure way to find out whether a given pathname refers
> to a directory or not is to ask the filesystem.
On Windows again,
>>> from os import path
>>> path.exists("/python16")
1
>>> path.exists("/python16/")
0
>>>
This insane behavior is displayed by the MS native APIs too, but isn't
documented (at least not last time I peed away hours looking for it).
just-more-evidence-that-windows-weenies-shouldn't-get-a-vote!-ly
y'rs - tim
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