join(): join one or more path components
diff --git a/Lib/posixpath.py b/Lib/posixpath.py
index 014dfe2..965184b 100644
--- a/Lib/posixpath.py
+++ b/Lib/posixpath.py
@@ -26,15 +26,20 @@
return s[:1] == '/'
-# Join two pathnames.
-# Ignore the first part if the second part is absolute.
+# Join pathnames.
+# Ignore the previous parts if a part is absolute.
# Insert a '/' unless the first part is empty or already ends in '/'.
-def join(a, b):
- if b[:1] == '/': return b
- if a == '' or a[-1:] == '/': return a + b
- # Note: join('x', '') returns 'x/'; is this what we want?
- return a + '/' + b
+def join(a, *p):
+ path = a
+ for b in p:
+ if b[:1] == '/':
+ path = b
+ elif path == '' or path[-1:] == '/':
+ path = path + b
+ else:
+ path = path + '/' + b
+ return path
# Split a path in head (everything up to the last '/') and tail (the