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<h1 class="page-title">PEP 355 Path - Object oriented filesystem paths</h1>
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<dt class="field-odd">Author<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd">Björn Lindqvist &lt;bjourne&#32;&#97;t&#32;gmail.com&gt;</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Status<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><abbr title="Formally declined and will not be accepted">Rejected</abbr></dd>
<dt class="field-odd">Type<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><abbr title="Normative PEP with a new feature for Python, implementation change for CPython or interoperability standard for the ecosystem">Standards Track</abbr></dd>
<dt class="field-even">Created<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even">24-Jan-2006</dd>
<dt class="field-odd">Python-Version<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd">2.5</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Post-History<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p></p></dd>
</dl>
<hr class="docutils" />
<section id="contents">
<details><summary>Table of Contents</summary><ul class="simple">
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#rejection-notice">Rejection Notice</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#abstract">Abstract</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#background">Background</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#motivation">Motivation</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#rationale">Rationale</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#specification">Specification</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#replacing-older-functions-with-the-path-class">Replacing older functions with the Path class</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#deprecations">Deprecations</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#closed-issues">Closed Issues</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#open-issues">Open Issues</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#reference-implementation">Reference Implementation</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#examples">Examples</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#references-and-footnotes">References and Footnotes</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#copyright">Copyright</a></li>
</ul>
</details></section>
<section id="rejection-notice">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#rejection-notice" role="doc-backlink">Rejection Notice</a></h2>
<p>This PEP has been rejected (in this form). The proposed path class
is the ultimate kitchen sink; but the notion that its better to
implement <strong>all</strong> functionality that uses a path as a method on a single
class is an anti-pattern. (E.g. why not <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">open()</span></code>? Or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">execfile()</span></code>?)
Subclassing from str is a particularly bad idea; many string
operations make no sense when applied to a path. This PEP has
lingered, and while the discussion flares up from time to time,
its time to put this PEP out of its misery. A less far-fetched
proposal might be more palatable.</p>
</section>
<section id="abstract">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#abstract" role="doc-backlink">Abstract</a></h2>
<p>This PEP describes a new class, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Path</span></code>, to be added to the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os</span></code>
module, for handling paths in an object oriented fashion. The
“weak” deprecation of various related functions is also discussed
and recommended.</p>
</section>
<section id="background">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#background" role="doc-backlink">Background</a></h2>
<p>The ideas expressed in this PEP are not recent, but have been
debated in the Python community for many years. Many have felt
that the API for manipulating file paths as offered in the os.path
module is inadequate. The first proposal for a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Path</span></code> object was
raised by Just van Rossum on python-dev in 2001 <a class="footnote-reference brackets" href="#id7" id="id1">[2]</a>. In 2003,
Jason Orendorff released version 1.0 of the “path module” which
was the first public implementation that used objects to represent
paths <a class="footnote-reference brackets" href="#id8" id="id2">[3]</a>.</p>
<p>The path module quickly became very popular and numerous attempts
were made to get the path module included in the Python standard
library; <a class="footnote-reference brackets" href="#id9" id="id3">[4]</a>, <a class="footnote-reference brackets" href="#id10" id="id4">[5]</a>, <a class="footnote-reference brackets" href="#id11" id="id5">[6]</a>, <a class="footnote-reference brackets" href="#id12" id="id6">[7]</a>.</p>
<p>This PEP summarizes the ideas and suggestions people have
expressed about the path module and proposes that a modified
version should be included in the standard library.</p>
</section>
<section id="motivation">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#motivation" role="doc-backlink">Motivation</a></h2>
<p>Dealing with filesystem paths is a common task in any programming
language, and very common in a high-level language like Python.
Good support for this task is needed, because:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Almost every program uses paths to access files. It makes sense
that a task, that is so often performed, should be as intuitive
and as easy to perform as possible.</li>
<li>It makes Python an even better replacement language for
over-complicated shell scripts.</li>
</ul>
<p>Currently, Python has a large number of different functions
scattered over half a dozen modules for handling paths. This
makes it hard for newbies and experienced developers to choose
the right method.</p>
<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Path</span></code> class provides the following enhancements over the
current common practice:</p>
<ul>
<li>One “unified” object provides all functionality from previous
functions.</li>
<li>Subclassability - the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Path</span></code> object can be extended to support
paths other than filesystem paths. The programmer does not need
to learn a new API, but can reuse their knowledge of Path
to deal with the extended class.</li>
<li>With all related functionality in one place, the right approach
is easier to learn as one does not have to hunt through many
different modules for the right functions.</li>
<li>Python is an object oriented language. Just like files,
datetimes and sockets are objects so are paths, they are not
merely strings to be passed to functions. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Path</span></code> objects is
inherently a pythonic idea.</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Path</span></code> takes advantage of properties. Properties make for more
readable code:<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">imgpath</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ext</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="s1">&#39;jpg&#39;</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="n">jpegdecode</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">imgpath</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Is better than:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">path</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">splitexit</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">imgpath</span><span class="p">)[</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="s1">&#39;jpg&#39;</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="n">jpegdecode</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">imgpath</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="rationale">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#rationale" role="doc-backlink">Rationale</a></h2>
<p>The following points summarize the design:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Path</span></code> extends from string, therefore all code which expects
string pathnames need not be modified and no existing code will
break.</li>
<li>A <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Path</span></code> object can be created either by using the classmethod
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Path.cwd</span></code>, by instantiating the class with a string representing
a path or by using the default constructor which is equivalent
to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Path(&quot;.&quot;)</span></code>.</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Path</span></code> provides common pathname manipulation, pattern expansion,
pattern matching and other high-level file operations including
copying. Basically <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Path</span></code> provides everything path-related except
the manipulation of file contents, for which file objects are
better suited.</li>
<li>Platform incompatibilities are dealt with by not instantiating
system specific methods.</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="specification">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#specification" role="doc-backlink">Specification</a></h2>
<p>This class defines the following public interface (docstrings have
been extracted from the reference implementation, and shortened
for brevity; see the reference implementation for more detail):</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Path</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">str</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="c1"># Special Python methods:</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__new__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">cls</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">*</span><span class="n">args</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="n">Path</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="sd"> Creates a new path object concatenating the *args. *args</span>
<span class="sd"> may only contain Path objects or strings. If *args is</span>
<span class="sd"> empty, Path(os.curdir) is created.</span>
<span class="sd"> &quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__repr__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__add__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">more</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__radd__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">other</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="c1"># Alternative constructor.</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">cwd</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">cls</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="c1"># Operations on path strings:</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">abspath</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="n">Path</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;Returns the absolute path of self as a new Path object.&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">normcase</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">normpath</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">realpath</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">expanduser</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">expandvars</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">basename</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">expand</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">splitpath</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Path</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nb">str</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;p.splitpath() -&gt; Return (p.parent, p.name).&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">stripext</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="n">Path</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;p.stripext() -&gt; Remove one file extension from the path.&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">splitunc</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span> <span class="c1"># See footnote [1]</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">splitall</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">relpath</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">relpathto</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">dest</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="c1"># Properties about the path:</span>
<span class="n">parent</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="n">Path</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;This Path&#39;s parent directory as a new path object.&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="n">name</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="nb">str</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;The name of this file or directory without the full path.&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="n">ext</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="nb">str</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="sd"> The file extension or an empty string if Path refers to a</span>
<span class="sd"> file without an extension or a directory.</span>
<span class="sd"> &quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="n">drive</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="nb">str</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="sd"> The drive specifier. Always empty on systems that don&#39;t</span>
<span class="sd"> use drive specifiers.</span>
<span class="sd"> &quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="n">namebase</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="nb">str</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="sd"> The same as path.name, but with one file extension</span>
<span class="sd"> stripped off.</span>
<span class="sd"> &quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="n">uncshare</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="c1"># Operations that return lists of paths:</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">listdir</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">pattern</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">dirs</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">pattern</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">files</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">pattern</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">walk</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">pattern</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">walkdirs</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">pattern</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">walkfiles</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">pattern</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">match</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">pattern</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="nb">bool</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;Returns True if self.name matches the given pattern.&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">matchcase</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">pattern</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="nb">bool</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="sd"> Like match() but is guaranteed to be case sensitive even</span>
<span class="sd"> on platforms with case insensitive filesystems.</span>
<span class="sd"> &quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">glob</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">pattern</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="c1"># Methods for retrieving information about the filesystem</span>
<span class="c1"># path:</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">exists</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">isabs</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">isdir</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">isfile</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">islink</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">ismount</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">samefile</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">other</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span> <span class="c1"># See footnote [1]</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">atime</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;Last access time of the file.&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">mtime</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;Last-modified time of the file.&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">ctime</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="sd"> Return the system&#39;s ctime which, on some systems (like</span>
<span class="sd"> Unix) is the time of the last change, and, on others (like</span>
<span class="sd"> Windows), is the creation time for path.</span>
<span class="sd"> &quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">size</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">access</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">mode</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span> <span class="c1"># See footnote [1]</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">stat</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">lstat</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">statvfs</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span> <span class="c1"># See footnote [1]</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">pathconf</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">name</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span> <span class="c1"># See footnote [1]</span>
<span class="c1"># Methods for manipulating information about the filesystem</span>
<span class="c1"># path.</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">utime</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">times</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="kc">None</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">chmod</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">mode</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="kc">None</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">chown</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">uid</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">gid</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="kc">None</span> <span class="c1"># See footnote [1]</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">rename</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">new</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="kc">None</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">renames</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">new</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="kc">None</span>
<span class="c1"># Create/delete operations on directories</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">mkdir</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">mode</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">0777</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">makedirs</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">mode</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">0777</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">rmdir</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">removedirs</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="c1"># Modifying operations on files</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">touch</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">remove</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">unlink</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="c1"># Modifying operations on links</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">link</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">newpath</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">symlink</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">newlink</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">readlink</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">readlinkabs</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="c1"># High-level functions from shutil</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">copyfile</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">dst</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">copymode</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">dst</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">copystat</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">dst</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">copy</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">dst</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">copy2</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">dst</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">copytree</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">dst</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">symlinks</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">True</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">move</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">dst</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">rmtree</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">ignore_errors</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">False</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">onerror</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="c1"># Special stuff from os</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">chroot</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span> <span class="c1"># See footnote [1]</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">startfile</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span> <span class="c1"># See footnote [1]</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</section>
<section id="replacing-older-functions-with-the-path-class">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#replacing-older-functions-with-the-path-class" role="doc-backlink">Replacing older functions with the Path class</a></h2>
<p>In this section, “a ==&gt; b” means that b can be used as a
replacement for a.</p>
<p>In the following examples, we assume that the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Path</span></code> class is
imported with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">from</span> <span class="pre">path</span> <span class="pre">import</span> <span class="pre">Path</span></code>.</p>
<ul>
<li>Replacing <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os.path.join</span></code>:<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">path</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">join</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">getcwd</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="s2">&quot;foobar&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="o">==&gt;</span>
<span class="n">Path</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Path</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">cwd</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="s2">&quot;foobar&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">path</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">join</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;foo&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;bar&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;baz&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="o">==&gt;</span>
<span class="n">Path</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;foo&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;bar&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;baz&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li>Replacing <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os.path.splitext</span></code>:<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">fname</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Python2.4.tar.gz&quot;</span>
<span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">path</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">splitext</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">fname</span><span class="p">)[</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="o">==&gt;</span>
<span class="n">fname</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Path</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Python2.4.tar.gz&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">fname</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ext</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Or if you want both parts:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">fname</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Python2.4.tar.gz&quot;</span>
<span class="n">base</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">ext</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">path</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">splitext</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">fname</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="o">==&gt;</span>
<span class="n">fname</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Path</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Python2.4.tar.gz&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">base</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">ext</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fname</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">namebase</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">fname</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">extx</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li>Replacing <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">glob.glob</span></code>:<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">lib_dir</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;/lib&quot;</span>
<span class="n">libs</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">glob</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">glob</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">path</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">join</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">lib_dir</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;*s.o&quot;</span><span class="p">))</span>
<span class="o">==&gt;</span>
<span class="n">lib_dir</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Path</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;/lib&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">libs</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">lib_dir</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">files</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;*.so&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="deprecations">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#deprecations" role="doc-backlink">Deprecations</a></h2>
<p>Introducing this module to the standard library introduces a need
for the “weak” deprecation of a number of existing modules and
functions. These modules and functions are so widely used that
they cannot be truly deprecated, as in generating
DeprecationWarning. Here “weak deprecation” means notes in the
documentation only.</p>
<p>The table below lists the existing functionality that should be
deprecated.</p>
<table class="docutils align-default">
<thead>
<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Path method/property</th>
<th class="head">Deprecates function</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="row-even"><td>normcase()</td>
<td>os.path.normcase()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>normpath()</td>
<td>os.path.normpath()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>realpath()</td>
<td>os.path.realpath()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>expanduser()</td>
<td>os.path.expanduser()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>expandvars()</td>
<td>os.path.expandvars()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>parent</td>
<td>os.path.dirname()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>name</td>
<td>os.path.basename()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>splitpath()</td>
<td>os.path.split()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>drive</td>
<td>os.path.splitdrive()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>ext</td>
<td>os.path.splitext()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>splitunc()</td>
<td>os.path.splitunc()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>__new__()</td>
<td>os.path.join(), os.curdir</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>listdir()</td>
<td>os.listdir() [fnmatch.filter()]</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>match()</td>
<td>fnmatch.fnmatch()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>matchcase()</td>
<td>fnmatch.fnmatchcase()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>glob()</td>
<td>glob.glob()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>exists()</td>
<td>os.path.exists()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>isabs()</td>
<td>os.path.isabs()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>isdir()</td>
<td>os.path.isdir()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>isfile()</td>
<td>os.path.isfile()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>islink()</td>
<td>os.path.islink()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>ismount()</td>
<td>os.path.ismount()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>samefile()</td>
<td>os.path.samefile()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>atime()</td>
<td>os.path.getatime()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>ctime()</td>
<td>os.path.getctime()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>mtime()</td>
<td>os.path.getmtime()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>size()</td>
<td>os.path.getsize()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>cwd()</td>
<td>os.getcwd()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>access()</td>
<td>os.access()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>stat()</td>
<td>os.stat()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>lstat()</td>
<td>os.lstat()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>statvfs()</td>
<td>os.statvfs()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>pathconf()</td>
<td>os.pathconf()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>utime()</td>
<td>os.utime()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>chmod()</td>
<td>os.chmod()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>chown()</td>
<td>os.chown()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>rename()</td>
<td>os.rename()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>renames()</td>
<td>os.renames()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>mkdir()</td>
<td>os.mkdir()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>makedirs()</td>
<td>os.makedirs()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>rmdir()</td>
<td>os.rmdir()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>removedirs()</td>
<td>os.removedirs()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>remove()</td>
<td>os.remove()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>unlink()</td>
<td>os.unlink()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>link()</td>
<td>os.link()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>symlink()</td>
<td>os.symlink()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>readlink()</td>
<td>os.readlink()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>chroot()</td>
<td>os.chroot()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>startfile()</td>
<td>os.startfile()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>copyfile()</td>
<td>shutil.copyfile()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>copymode()</td>
<td>shutil.copymode()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>copystat()</td>
<td>shutil.copystat()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>copy()</td>
<td>shutil.copy()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>copy2()</td>
<td>shutil.copy2()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>copytree()</td>
<td>shutil.copytree()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>move()</td>
<td>shutil.move()</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>rmtree()</td>
<td>shutil.rmtree()</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Path</span></code> class deprecates the whole of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os.path</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shutil</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fnmatch</span></code>
and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">glob</span></code>. A big chunk of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os</span></code> is also deprecated.</p>
</section>
<section id="closed-issues">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#closed-issues" role="doc-backlink">Closed Issues</a></h2>
<p>A number contentious issues have been resolved since this PEP
first appeared on python-dev:</p>
<ul>
<li>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__div__()</span></code> method was removed. Overloading the / (division)
operator may be “too much magic” and make path concatenation
appear to be division. The method can always be re-added later
if the BDFL so desires. In its place, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__new__()</span></code> got an <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">*args</span></code>
argument that accepts both <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Path</span></code> and string objects. The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">*args</span></code>
are concatenated with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os.path.join()</span></code> which is used to construct
the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Path</span></code> object. These changes obsoleted the problematic
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">joinpath()</span></code> method which was removed.</li>
<li>The methods and the properties <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">getatime()/atime</span></code>,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">getctime()/ctime</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">getmtime()/mtime</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">getsize()/size</span></code> duplicated
each other. These methods and properties have been merged to
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">atime()</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ctime()</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">mtime()</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">size()</span></code>. The reason they are not
properties instead, is because there is a possibility that they
may change unexpectedly. The following example is not
guaranteed to always pass the assertion:<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">p</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Path</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;foobar&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">s</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">p</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">size</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="k">assert</span> <span class="n">p</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">size</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="n">s</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="open-issues">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#open-issues" role="doc-backlink">Open Issues</a></h2>
<p>Some functionality of Jason Orendorffs path module have been
omitted:</p>
<ul>
<li>Function for opening a path - better handled by the builtin
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">open()</span></code>.</li>
<li>Functions for reading and writing whole files - better handled
by file objects own <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">read()</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">write()</span></code> methods.</li>
<li>A <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">chdir()</span></code> function may be a worthy inclusion.</li>
<li>A deprecation schedule needs to be set up. How much
functionality should <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Path</span></code> implement? How much of existing
functionality should it deprecate and when?</li>
<li>The name obviously has to be either “path” or “Path,” but where
should it live? In its own module or in <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os</span></code>?</li>
<li>Due to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Path</span></code> subclassing either <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">unicode</span></code>, the following
non-magic, public methods are available on <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Path</span></code> objects:<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">capitalize</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">center</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">count</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">decode</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">encode</span><span class="p">(),</span>
<span class="n">endswith</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">expandtabs</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">find</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">index</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">isalnum</span><span class="p">(),</span>
<span class="n">isalpha</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">isdigit</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">islower</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">isspace</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">istitle</span><span class="p">(),</span>
<span class="n">isupper</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">join</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">ljust</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">lower</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">lstrip</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">replace</span><span class="p">(),</span>
<span class="n">rfind</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">rindex</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">rjust</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">rsplit</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">rstrip</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">split</span><span class="p">(),</span>
<span class="n">splitlines</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">startswith</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">strip</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">swapcase</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">title</span><span class="p">(),</span>
<span class="n">translate</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">upper</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">zfill</span><span class="p">()</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>On python-dev it has been argued whether this inheritance is
sane or not. Most persons debating said that most string
methods doesnt make sense in the context of filesystem paths
they are just dead weight. The other position, also argued on
python-dev, is that inheriting from string is very convenient
because it allows code to “just work” with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Path</span></code> objects without
having to be adapted for them.</p>
<p>One of the problems is that at the Python level, there is no way
to make an object “string-like enough,” so that it can be passed
to the builtin function <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">open()</span></code> (and other builtins expecting a
string or buffer), unless the object inherits from either <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code> or
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">unicode</span></code>. Therefore, to not inherit from string requires changes
in CPythons core.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>The functions and modules that this new module is trying to
replace (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os.path</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shutil</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fnmatch</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">glob</span></code> and parts of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os</span></code>) are
expected to be available in future Python versions for a long
time, to preserve backwards compatibility.</p>
</section>
<section id="reference-implementation">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#reference-implementation" role="doc-backlink">Reference Implementation</a></h2>
<p>Currently, the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Path</span></code> class is implemented as a thin wrapper around
the standard library modules <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fnmatch</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">glob</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os.path</span></code> and
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shutil</span></code>. The intention of this PEP is to move functionality from
the aforementioned modules to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Path</span></code> while they are being
deprecated.</p>
<p>For more detail and an implementation see:</p>
<blockquote>
<div><a class="reference external" href="http://wiki.python.org/moin/PathModule">http://wiki.python.org/moin/PathModule</a></div></blockquote>
</section>
<section id="examples">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#examples" role="doc-backlink">Examples</a></h2>
<p>In this section, “a ==&gt; b” means that b can be used as a
replacement for a.</p>
<ul>
<li>Make all python files in the a directory executable:<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">DIR</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;/usr/home/guido/bin&#39;</span>
<span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">f</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">listdir</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">DIR</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">f</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">endswith</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;.py&#39;</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="n">path</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">path</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">join</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">DIR</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">f</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">chmod</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">path</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0755</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="o">==&gt;</span>
<span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">f</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">Path</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;/usr/home/guido/bin&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">files</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;*.py&quot;</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="n">f</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">chmod</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">0755</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li>Delete emacs backup files:<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">delete_backups</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">dirname</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">names</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">name</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">names</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">name</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">endswith</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;~&#39;</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">remove</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">path</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">join</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">dirname</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">name</span><span class="p">))</span>
<span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">path</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">walk</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">environ</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">&#39;HOME&#39;</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="n">delete_backups</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="o">==&gt;</span>
<span class="n">d</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Path</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">environ</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">&#39;HOME&#39;</span><span class="p">])</span>
<span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">f</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">d</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">walkfiles</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;*~&#39;</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="n">f</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">remove</span><span class="p">()</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li>Finding the relative path to a file:<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">b</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Path</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;/users/peter/&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">a</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Path</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;/users/peter/synergy/tiki.txt&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">a</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">relpathto</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">b</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li>Splitting a path into directory and filename:<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">path</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">split</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;/path/to/foo/bar.txt&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="o">==&gt;</span>
<span class="n">Path</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;/path/to/foo/bar.txt&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">splitpath</span><span class="p">()</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li>List all Python scripts in the current directory tree:<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Path</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">walkfiles</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;*.py&quot;</span><span class="p">))</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="references-and-footnotes">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#references-and-footnotes" role="doc-backlink">References and Footnotes</a></h2>
<p>[1] Method is not guaranteed to be available on all platforms.</p>
<aside class="footnote-list brackets">
<aside class="footnote brackets" id="id7" role="doc-footnote">
<dt class="label" id="id7">[<a href="#id1">2</a>]</dt>
<dd>“(idea) subclassable string: path object?”, van Rossum, 2001
<a class="reference external" href="https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-August/016663.html">https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-August/016663.html</a></aside>
<aside class="footnote brackets" id="id8" role="doc-footnote">
<dt class="label" id="id8">[<a href="#id2">3</a>]</dt>
<dd>“path module v1.0 released”, Orendorff, 2003
<a class="reference external" href="https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-announce-list/2003-January/001984.html">https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-announce-list/2003-January/001984.html</a></aside>
<aside class="footnote brackets" id="id9" role="doc-footnote">
<dt class="label" id="id9">[<a href="#id3">4</a>]</dt>
<dd>“Some RFE for review”, Birkenfeld, 2005
<a class="reference external" href="https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2005-June/054438.html">https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2005-June/054438.html</a></aside>
<aside class="footnote brackets" id="id10" role="doc-footnote">
<dt class="label" id="id10">[<a href="#id4">5</a>]</dt>
<dd>“path module”, Orendorff, 2003
<a class="reference external" href="https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2003-July/174289.html">https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2003-July/174289.html</a></aside>
<aside class="footnote brackets" id="id11" role="doc-footnote">
<dt class="label" id="id11">[<a href="#id5">6</a>]</dt>
<dd>“PRE-PEP: new Path class”, Roth, 2004
<a class="reference external" href="https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2004-January/201672.html">https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2004-January/201672.html</a></aside>
<aside class="footnote brackets" id="id12" role="doc-footnote">
<dt class="label" id="id12">[<a href="#id6">7</a>]</dt>
<dd><a class="reference external" href="http://wiki.python.org/moin/PathClass">http://wiki.python.org/moin/PathClass</a></aside>
</aside>
</section>
<section id="copyright">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#copyright" role="doc-backlink">Copyright</a></h2>
<p>This document has been placed in the public domain.</p>
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<ul>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#rejection-notice">Rejection Notice</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#abstract">Abstract</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#background">Background</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#motivation">Motivation</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#rationale">Rationale</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#specification">Specification</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#replacing-older-functions-with-the-path-class">Replacing older functions with the Path class</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#deprecations">Deprecations</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#closed-issues">Closed Issues</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#open-issues">Open Issues</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#reference-implementation">Reference Implementation</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#examples">Examples</a></li>
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