Fixed 'change_root() to work at all on Windows, and to work correctly on Unix.

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Greg Ward 2000-05-31 02:14:32 +00:00
parent a76bbd4566
commit 4b46ef9a4f
1 changed files with 10 additions and 10 deletions

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@ -86,22 +86,22 @@ def native_path (pathname):
def change_root (new_root, pathname):
"""Return 'pathname' with 'new_root' prepended. If 'pathname' is
relative, this is equivalent to "os.path.join(new_root,pathname)".
Otherwise, it requires making 'pathname' relative and then joining the
two, which is tricky on DOS/Windows and Mac OS."""
if not abspath (pathname):
return os.path.join (new_root, pathname)
elif os.name == 'posix':
return os.path.join (new_root, pathname[1:])
two, which is tricky on DOS/Windows and Mac OS.
"""
if os.name == 'posix':
if not os.path.isabs (pathname):
return os.path.join (new_root, pathname)
else:
return os.path.join (new_root, pathname[1:])
elif os.name == 'nt':
(root_drive, root_path) = os.path.splitdrive (new_root)
(drive, path) = os.path.splitdrive (pathname)
raise RuntimeError, "I give up -- not sure how to do this on Windows"
if path[0] == '\\':
path = path[1:]
return os.path.join (new_root, path)
elif os.name == 'mac':
raise RuntimeError, "no clue how to do this on Mac OS"