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OK, thanks, but in what sense is '/foo/' an absolute path on windows? This strikes me as surprising, and platform-inconsistent behaviour.

Marcin
– Marcin

2011-10-23 09:25:17 +00:00
Commented Oct 23, 2011 at 9:25
It's a drive-absolute path. It would actually make sense to keep the drive letter from the first element: os.path.join('C:\\Users\\Marcin', '\\oneclickos\\') -> 'C:\\oneclickos\\' but that's not how it works.

Remy Blank
– Remy Blank

2011-10-23 09:29:53 +00:00
Commented Oct 23, 2011 at 9:29
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It isn't inconsistent at all if you ask me. Starting with a directory seperator means absolute path on many (all?) other platforms as well. You may object to the lack of a drive letter, but my memory and Wikipedia say it's perfectly valid and simply refers to an absolute path on the same drive.

user395760
– user395760

2011-10-23 09:30:50 +00:00
Commented Oct 23, 2011 at 9:30

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