Bug #1115886: os.path.splitext('.cshrc') gives now ('.cshrc', '').
diff --git a/Lib/posixpath.py b/Lib/posixpath.py
index 1521236..661d8db 100644
--- a/Lib/posixpath.py
+++ b/Lib/posixpath.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
import os
import stat
+import genericpath
from genericpath import *
__all__ = ["normcase","isabs","join","splitdrive","split","splitext",
@@ -88,14 +89,8 @@
# It is always true that root + ext == p.
def splitext(p):
- """Split the extension from a pathname. Extension is everything from the
- last dot to the end. Returns "(root, ext)", either part may be empty."""
- i = p.rfind('.')
- if i<=p.rfind('/'):
- return p, ''
- else:
- return p[:i], p[i:]
-
+ return genericpath._splitext(p, sep, altsep, extsep)
+splitext.__doc__ = genericpath._splitext.__doc__
# Split a pathname into a drive specification and the rest of the
# path. Useful on DOS/Windows/NT; on Unix, the drive is always empty.