import os
# i am big on absolute paths, so i made it return an absolute path
# also that makes the results clearer.
def full_path(dir_):
if dir_[0] == '~' and not os.path.exists(dir_):
dir_ = os.path.expanduser(dir_)
return os.path.abspath(dir_)
if __name__ == '__main__':
print os.path.abspath(full_path('~/test')) # returns /home/rv/~/test if it exists or else it outputs /home/rv/test
Diff to Previous Revision
--- revision 1 2010-06-16 22:47:53
+++ revision 2 2010-06-16 23:17:20
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
return os.path.abspath(dir_)
if __name__ == '__main__':
- print os.path.abspath('~/test') # returns /home/rv/~/test if it exists or else it outputs /home/rv/test
+ print os.path.abspath(full_path('~/test')) # returns /home/rv/~/test if it exists or else it outputs /home/rv/test
