| # Module 'ntpath' -- common operations on WinNT/Win95 pathnames | 
 | """Common pathname manipulations, WindowsNT/95 version. | 
 |  | 
 | Instead of importing this module directly, import os and refer to this | 
 | module as os.path. | 
 | """ | 
 |  | 
 | import os | 
 | import sys | 
 | import stat | 
 | import genericpath | 
 | from genericpath import * | 
 |  | 
 | __all__ = ["normcase","isabs","join","splitdrive","split","splitext", | 
 |            "basename","dirname","commonprefix","getsize","getmtime", | 
 |            "getatime","getctime", "islink","exists","lexists","isdir","isfile", | 
 |            "ismount", "expanduser","expandvars","normpath","abspath", | 
 |            "splitunc","curdir","pardir","sep","pathsep","defpath","altsep", | 
 |            "extsep","devnull","realpath","supports_unicode_filenames","relpath", | 
 |            "samefile",] | 
 |  | 
 | # strings representing various path-related bits and pieces | 
 | # These are primarily for export; internally, they are hardcoded. | 
 | curdir = '.' | 
 | pardir = '..' | 
 | extsep = '.' | 
 | sep = '\\' | 
 | pathsep = ';' | 
 | altsep = '/' | 
 | defpath = '.;C:\\bin' | 
 | if 'ce' in sys.builtin_module_names: | 
 |     defpath = '\\Windows' | 
 | elif 'os2' in sys.builtin_module_names: | 
 |     # OS/2 w/ VACPP | 
 |     altsep = '/' | 
 | devnull = 'nul' | 
 |  | 
 | def _get_empty(path): | 
 |     if isinstance(path, bytes): | 
 |         return b'' | 
 |     else: | 
 |         return '' | 
 |  | 
 | def _get_sep(path): | 
 |     if isinstance(path, bytes): | 
 |         return b'\\' | 
 |     else: | 
 |         return '\\' | 
 |  | 
 | def _get_altsep(path): | 
 |     if isinstance(path, bytes): | 
 |         return b'/' | 
 |     else: | 
 |         return '/' | 
 |  | 
 | def _get_bothseps(path): | 
 |     if isinstance(path, bytes): | 
 |         return b'\\/' | 
 |     else: | 
 |         return '\\/' | 
 |  | 
 | def _get_dot(path): | 
 |     if isinstance(path, bytes): | 
 |         return b'.' | 
 |     else: | 
 |         return '.' | 
 |  | 
 | def _get_colon(path): | 
 |     if isinstance(path, bytes): | 
 |         return b':' | 
 |     else: | 
 |         return ':' | 
 |  | 
 | # Normalize the case of a pathname and map slashes to backslashes. | 
 | # Other normalizations (such as optimizing '../' away) are not done | 
 | # (this is done by normpath). | 
 |  | 
 | def normcase(s): | 
 |     """Normalize case of pathname. | 
 |  | 
 |     Makes all characters lowercase and all slashes into backslashes.""" | 
 |     if not isinstance(s, (bytes, str)): | 
 |         raise TypeError("normcase() argument must be str or bytes, " | 
 |                         "not '{}'".format(s.__class__.__name__)) | 
 |     return s.replace(_get_altsep(s), _get_sep(s)).lower() | 
 |  | 
 |  | 
 | # Return whether a path is absolute. | 
 | # Trivial in Posix, harder on Windows. | 
 | # For Windows it is absolute if it starts with a slash or backslash (current | 
 | # volume), or if a pathname after the volume-letter-and-colon or UNC-resource | 
 | # starts with a slash or backslash. | 
 |  | 
 | def isabs(s): | 
 |     """Test whether a path is absolute""" | 
 |     s = splitdrive(s)[1] | 
 |     return len(s) > 0 and s[:1] in _get_bothseps(s) | 
 |  | 
 |  | 
 | # Join two (or more) paths. | 
 |  | 
 | def join(a, *p): | 
 |     """Join two or more pathname components, inserting "\\" as needed. | 
 |     If any component is an absolute path, all previous path components | 
 |     will be discarded.""" | 
 |     sep = _get_sep(a) | 
 |     seps = _get_bothseps(a) | 
 |     colon = _get_colon(a) | 
 |     path = a | 
 |     for b in p: | 
 |         b_wins = 0  # set to 1 iff b makes path irrelevant | 
 |         if not path: | 
 |             b_wins = 1 | 
 |  | 
 |         elif isabs(b): | 
 |             # This probably wipes out path so far.  However, it's more | 
 |             # complicated if path begins with a drive letter.  You get a+b | 
 |             # (minus redundant slashes) in these four cases: | 
 |             #     1. join('c:', '/a') == 'c:/a' | 
 |             #     2. join('//computer/share', '/a') == '//computer/share/a' | 
 |             #     3. join('c:/', '/a') == 'c:/a' | 
 |             #     4. join('//computer/share/', '/a') == '//computer/share/a' | 
 |             # But b wins in all of these cases: | 
 |             #     5. join('c:/a', '/b') == '/b' | 
 |             #     6. join('//computer/share/a', '/b') == '/b' | 
 |             #     7. join('c:', 'd:/') == 'd:/' | 
 |             #     8. join('c:', '//computer/share/') == '//computer/share/' | 
 |             #     9. join('//computer/share', 'd:/') == 'd:/' | 
 |             #    10. join('//computer/share', '//computer/share/') == '//computer/share/' | 
 |             #    11. join('c:/', 'd:/') == 'd:/' | 
 |             #    12. join('c:/', '//computer/share/') == '//computer/share/' | 
 |             #    13. join('//computer/share/', 'd:/') == 'd:/' | 
 |             #    14. join('//computer/share/', '//computer/share/') == '//computer/share/' | 
 |             b_prefix, b_rest = splitdrive(b) | 
 |  | 
 |             # if b has a prefix, it always wins. | 
 |             if b_prefix: | 
 |                 b_wins = 1 | 
 |             else: | 
 |                 # b doesn't have a prefix. | 
 |                 # but isabs(b) returned true. | 
 |                 # and therefore b_rest[0] must be a slash. | 
 |                 # (but let's check that.) | 
 |                 assert(b_rest and b_rest[0] in seps) | 
 |  | 
 |                 # so, b still wins if path has a rest that's more than a sep. | 
 |                 # you get a+b if path_rest is empty or only has a sep. | 
 |                 # (see cases 1-4 for times when b loses.) | 
 |                 path_rest = splitdrive(path)[1] | 
 |                 b_wins = path_rest and path_rest not in seps | 
 |  | 
 |         if b_wins: | 
 |             path = b | 
 |         else: | 
 |             # Join, and ensure there's a separator. | 
 |             assert len(path) > 0 | 
 |             if path[-1:] in seps: | 
 |                 if b and b[:1] in seps: | 
 |                     path += b[1:] | 
 |                 else: | 
 |                     path += b | 
 |             elif path[-1:] == colon: | 
 |                 path += b | 
 |             elif b: | 
 |                 if b[:1] in seps: | 
 |                     path += b | 
 |                 else: | 
 |                     path += sep + b | 
 |             else: | 
 |                 # path is not empty and does not end with a backslash, | 
 |                 # but b is empty; since, e.g., split('a/') produces | 
 |                 # ('a', ''), it's best if join() adds a backslash in | 
 |                 # this case. | 
 |                 path += sep | 
 |  | 
 |     return path | 
 |  | 
 |  | 
 | # Split a path in a drive specification (a drive letter followed by a | 
 | # colon) and the path specification. | 
 | # It is always true that drivespec + pathspec == p | 
 | def splitdrive(p): | 
 |     """Split a pathname into drive/UNC sharepoint and relative path specifiers. | 
 |     Returns a 2-tuple (drive_or_unc, path); either part may be empty. | 
 |  | 
 |     If you assign | 
 |         result = splitdrive(p) | 
 |     It is always true that: | 
 |         result[0] + result[1] == p | 
 |  | 
 |     If the path contained a drive letter, drive_or_unc will contain everything | 
 |     up to and including the colon.  e.g. splitdrive("c:/dir") returns ("c:", "/dir") | 
 |  | 
 |     If the path contained a UNC path, the drive_or_unc will contain the host name | 
 |     and share up to but not including the fourth directory separator character. | 
 |     e.g. splitdrive("//host/computer/dir") returns ("//host/computer", "/dir") | 
 |  | 
 |     Paths cannot contain both a drive letter and a UNC path. | 
 |  | 
 |     """ | 
 |     empty = _get_empty(p) | 
 |     if len(p) > 1: | 
 |         sep = _get_sep(p) | 
 |         normp = normcase(p) | 
 |         if (normp[0:2] == sep*2) and (normp[2:3] != sep): | 
 |             # is a UNC path: | 
 |             # vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv drive letter or UNC path | 
 |             # \\machine\mountpoint\directory\etc\... | 
 |             #           directory ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | 
 |             index = normp.find(sep, 2) | 
 |             if index == -1: | 
 |                 return empty, p | 
 |             index2 = normp.find(sep, index + 1) | 
 |             # a UNC path can't have two slashes in a row | 
 |             # (after the initial two) | 
 |             if index2 == index + 1: | 
 |                 return empty, p | 
 |             if index2 == -1: | 
 |                 index2 = len(p) | 
 |             return p[:index2], p[index2:] | 
 |         if normp[1:2] == _get_colon(p): | 
 |             return p[:2], p[2:] | 
 |     return empty, p | 
 |  | 
 |  | 
 | # Parse UNC paths | 
 | def splitunc(p): | 
 |     """Deprecated since Python 3.1.  Please use splitdrive() instead; | 
 |     it now handles UNC paths. | 
 |  | 
 |     Split a pathname into UNC mount point and relative path specifiers. | 
 |  | 
 |     Return a 2-tuple (unc, rest); either part may be empty. | 
 |     If unc is not empty, it has the form '//host/mount' (or similar | 
 |     using backslashes).  unc+rest is always the input path. | 
 |     Paths containing drive letters never have an UNC part. | 
 |     """ | 
 |     import warnings | 
 |     warnings.warn("ntpath.splitunc is deprecated, use ntpath.splitdrive instead", | 
 |                   DeprecationWarning) | 
 |     sep = _get_sep(p) | 
 |     if not p[1:2]: | 
 |         return p[:0], p # Drive letter present | 
 |     firstTwo = p[0:2] | 
 |     if normcase(firstTwo) == sep + sep: | 
 |         # is a UNC path: | 
 |         # vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv equivalent to drive letter | 
 |         # \\machine\mountpoint\directories... | 
 |         #           directory ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | 
 |         normp = normcase(p) | 
 |         index = normp.find(sep, 2) | 
 |         if index == -1: | 
 |             ##raise RuntimeError, 'illegal UNC path: "' + p + '"' | 
 |             return (p[:0], p) | 
 |         index = normp.find(sep, index + 1) | 
 |         if index == -1: | 
 |             index = len(p) | 
 |         return p[:index], p[index:] | 
 |     return p[:0], p | 
 |  | 
 |  | 
 | # Split a path in head (everything up to the last '/') and tail (the | 
 | # rest).  After the trailing '/' is stripped, the invariant | 
 | # join(head, tail) == p holds. | 
 | # The resulting head won't end in '/' unless it is the root. | 
 |  | 
 | def split(p): | 
 |     """Split a pathname. | 
 |  | 
 |     Return tuple (head, tail) where tail is everything after the final slash. | 
 |     Either part may be empty.""" | 
 |  | 
 |     seps = _get_bothseps(p) | 
 |     d, p = splitdrive(p) | 
 |     # set i to index beyond p's last slash | 
 |     i = len(p) | 
 |     while i and p[i-1] not in seps: | 
 |         i = i - 1 | 
 |     head, tail = p[:i], p[i:]  # now tail has no slashes | 
 |     # remove trailing slashes from head, unless it's all slashes | 
 |     head2 = head | 
 |     while head2 and head2[-1:] in seps: | 
 |         head2 = head2[:-1] | 
 |     head = head2 or head | 
 |     return d + head, tail | 
 |  | 
 |  | 
 | # Split a path in root and extension. | 
 | # The extension is everything starting at the last dot in the last | 
 | # pathname component; the root is everything before that. | 
 | # It is always true that root + ext == p. | 
 |  | 
 | def splitext(p): | 
 |     return genericpath._splitext(p, _get_sep(p), _get_altsep(p), | 
 |                                  _get_dot(p)) | 
 | splitext.__doc__ = genericpath._splitext.__doc__ | 
 |  | 
 |  | 
 | # Return the tail (basename) part of a path. | 
 |  | 
 | def basename(p): | 
 |     """Returns the final component of a pathname""" | 
 |     return split(p)[1] | 
 |  | 
 |  | 
 | # Return the head (dirname) part of a path. | 
 |  | 
 | def dirname(p): | 
 |     """Returns the directory component of a pathname""" | 
 |     return split(p)[0] | 
 |  | 
 | # Is a path a symbolic link? | 
 | # This will always return false on systems where os.lstat doesn't exist. | 
 |  | 
 | def islink(path): | 
 |     """Test whether a path is a symbolic link. | 
 |     This will always return false for Windows prior to 6.0 | 
 |     and for OS/2. | 
 |     """ | 
 |     try: | 
 |         st = os.lstat(path) | 
 |     except (os.error, AttributeError): | 
 |         return False | 
 |     return stat.S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) | 
 |  | 
 | # Being true for dangling symbolic links is also useful. | 
 |  | 
 | def lexists(path): | 
 |     """Test whether a path exists.  Returns True for broken symbolic links""" | 
 |     try: | 
 |         st = os.lstat(path) | 
 |     except (os.error, WindowsError): | 
 |         return False | 
 |     return True | 
 |  | 
 | # Is a path a mount point?  Either a root (with or without drive letter) | 
 | # or an UNC path with at most a / or \ after the mount point. | 
 |  | 
 | def ismount(path): | 
 |     """Test whether a path is a mount point (defined as root of drive)""" | 
 |     seps = _get_bothseps(path) | 
 |     root, rest = splitdrive(path) | 
 |     if root and root[0] in seps: | 
 |         return (not rest) or (rest in seps) | 
 |     return rest in seps | 
 |  | 
 |  | 
 | # Expand paths beginning with '~' or '~user'. | 
 | # '~' means $HOME; '~user' means that user's home directory. | 
 | # If the path doesn't begin with '~', or if the user or $HOME is unknown, | 
 | # the path is returned unchanged (leaving error reporting to whatever | 
 | # function is called with the expanded path as argument). | 
 | # See also module 'glob' for expansion of *, ? and [...] in pathnames. | 
 | # (A function should also be defined to do full *sh-style environment | 
 | # variable expansion.) | 
 |  | 
 | def expanduser(path): | 
 |     """Expand ~ and ~user constructs. | 
 |  | 
 |     If user or $HOME is unknown, do nothing.""" | 
 |     if isinstance(path, bytes): | 
 |         tilde = b'~' | 
 |     else: | 
 |         tilde = '~' | 
 |     if not path.startswith(tilde): | 
 |         return path | 
 |     i, n = 1, len(path) | 
 |     while i < n and path[i] not in _get_bothseps(path): | 
 |         i = i + 1 | 
 |  | 
 |     if 'HOME' in os.environ: | 
 |         userhome = os.environ['HOME'] | 
 |     elif 'USERPROFILE' in os.environ: | 
 |         userhome = os.environ['USERPROFILE'] | 
 |     elif not 'HOMEPATH' in os.environ: | 
 |         return path | 
 |     else: | 
 |         try: | 
 |             drive = os.environ['HOMEDRIVE'] | 
 |         except KeyError: | 
 |             drive = '' | 
 |         userhome = join(drive, os.environ['HOMEPATH']) | 
 |  | 
 |     if isinstance(path, bytes): | 
 |         userhome = userhome.encode(sys.getfilesystemencoding()) | 
 |  | 
 |     if i != 1: #~user | 
 |         userhome = join(dirname(userhome), path[1:i]) | 
 |  | 
 |     return userhome + path[i:] | 
 |  | 
 |  | 
 | # Expand paths containing shell variable substitutions. | 
 | # The following rules apply: | 
 | #       - no expansion within single quotes | 
 | #       - '$$' is translated into '$' | 
 | #       - '%%' is translated into '%' if '%%' are not seen in %var1%%var2% | 
 | #       - ${varname} is accepted. | 
 | #       - $varname is accepted. | 
 | #       - %varname% is accepted. | 
 | #       - varnames can be made out of letters, digits and the characters '_-' | 
 | #         (though is not verifed in the ${varname} and %varname% cases) | 
 | # XXX With COMMAND.COM you can use any characters in a variable name, | 
 | # XXX except '^|<>='. | 
 |  | 
 | def expandvars(path): | 
 |     """Expand shell variables of the forms $var, ${var} and %var%. | 
 |  | 
 |     Unknown variables are left unchanged.""" | 
 |     if isinstance(path, bytes): | 
 |         if ord('$') not in path and ord('%') not in path: | 
 |             return path | 
 |         import string | 
 |         varchars = bytes(string.ascii_letters + string.digits + '_-', 'ascii') | 
 |         quote = b'\'' | 
 |         percent = b'%' | 
 |         brace = b'{' | 
 |         dollar = b'$' | 
 |     else: | 
 |         if '$' not in path and '%' not in path: | 
 |             return path | 
 |         import string | 
 |         varchars = string.ascii_letters + string.digits + '_-' | 
 |         quote = '\'' | 
 |         percent = '%' | 
 |         brace = '{' | 
 |         dollar = '$' | 
 |     res = path[:0] | 
 |     index = 0 | 
 |     pathlen = len(path) | 
 |     while index < pathlen: | 
 |         c = path[index:index+1] | 
 |         if c == quote:   # no expansion within single quotes | 
 |             path = path[index + 1:] | 
 |             pathlen = len(path) | 
 |             try: | 
 |                 index = path.index(c) | 
 |                 res = res + c + path[:index + 1] | 
 |             except ValueError: | 
 |                 res = res + path | 
 |                 index = pathlen - 1 | 
 |         elif c == percent:  # variable or '%' | 
 |             if path[index + 1:index + 2] == percent: | 
 |                 res = res + c | 
 |                 index = index + 1 | 
 |             else: | 
 |                 path = path[index+1:] | 
 |                 pathlen = len(path) | 
 |                 try: | 
 |                     index = path.index(percent) | 
 |                 except ValueError: | 
 |                     res = res + percent + path | 
 |                     index = pathlen - 1 | 
 |                 else: | 
 |                     var = path[:index] | 
 |                     if isinstance(path, bytes): | 
 |                         var = var.decode('ascii') | 
 |                     if var in os.environ: | 
 |                         value = os.environ[var] | 
 |                     else: | 
 |                         value = '%' + var + '%' | 
 |                     if isinstance(path, bytes): | 
 |                         value = value.encode('ascii') | 
 |                     res = res + value | 
 |         elif c == dollar:  # variable or '$$' | 
 |             if path[index + 1:index + 2] == dollar: | 
 |                 res = res + c | 
 |                 index = index + 1 | 
 |             elif path[index + 1:index + 2] == brace: | 
 |                 path = path[index+2:] | 
 |                 pathlen = len(path) | 
 |                 try: | 
 |                     if isinstance(path, bytes): | 
 |                         index = path.index(b'}') | 
 |                     else: | 
 |                         index = path.index('}') | 
 |                     var = path[:index] | 
 |                     if isinstance(path, bytes): | 
 |                         var = var.decode('ascii') | 
 |                     if var in os.environ: | 
 |                         value = os.environ[var] | 
 |                     else: | 
 |                         value = '${' + var + '}' | 
 |                     if isinstance(path, bytes): | 
 |                         value = value.encode('ascii') | 
 |                     res = res + value | 
 |                 except ValueError: | 
 |                     if isinstance(path, bytes): | 
 |                         res = res + b'${' + path | 
 |                     else: | 
 |                         res = res + '${' + path | 
 |                     index = pathlen - 1 | 
 |             else: | 
 |                 var = '' | 
 |                 index = index + 1 | 
 |                 c = path[index:index + 1] | 
 |                 while c and c in varchars: | 
 |                     if isinstance(path, bytes): | 
 |                         var = var + c.decode('ascii') | 
 |                     else: | 
 |                         var = var + c | 
 |                     index = index + 1 | 
 |                     c = path[index:index + 1] | 
 |                 if var in os.environ: | 
 |                     value = os.environ[var] | 
 |                 else: | 
 |                     value = '$' + var | 
 |                 if isinstance(path, bytes): | 
 |                     value = value.encode('ascii') | 
 |                 res = res + value | 
 |                 if c: | 
 |                     index = index - 1 | 
 |         else: | 
 |             res = res + c | 
 |         index = index + 1 | 
 |     return res | 
 |  | 
 |  | 
 | # Normalize a path, e.g. A//B, A/./B and A/foo/../B all become A\B. | 
 | # Previously, this function also truncated pathnames to 8+3 format, | 
 | # but as this module is called "ntpath", that's obviously wrong! | 
 |  | 
 | def normpath(path): | 
 |     """Normalize path, eliminating double slashes, etc.""" | 
 |     sep = _get_sep(path) | 
 |     dotdot = _get_dot(path) * 2 | 
 |     path = path.replace(_get_altsep(path), sep) | 
 |     prefix, path = splitdrive(path) | 
 |  | 
 |     # collapse initial backslashes | 
 |     if path.startswith(sep): | 
 |         prefix = prefix + sep | 
 |         path = path.lstrip(sep) | 
 |  | 
 |     comps = path.split(sep) | 
 |     i = 0 | 
 |     while i < len(comps): | 
 |         if not comps[i] or comps[i] == _get_dot(path): | 
 |             del comps[i] | 
 |         elif comps[i] == dotdot: | 
 |             if i > 0 and comps[i-1] != dotdot: | 
 |                 del comps[i-1:i+1] | 
 |                 i -= 1 | 
 |             elif i == 0 and prefix.endswith(_get_sep(path)): | 
 |                 del comps[i] | 
 |             else: | 
 |                 i += 1 | 
 |         else: | 
 |             i += 1 | 
 |     # If the path is now empty, substitute '.' | 
 |     if not prefix and not comps: | 
 |         comps.append(_get_dot(path)) | 
 |     return prefix + sep.join(comps) | 
 |  | 
 |  | 
 | # Return an absolute path. | 
 | try: | 
 |     from nt import _getfullpathname | 
 |  | 
 | except ImportError: # not running on Windows - mock up something sensible | 
 |     def abspath(path): | 
 |         """Return the absolute version of a path.""" | 
 |         if not isabs(path): | 
 |             if isinstance(path, bytes): | 
 |                 cwd = os.getcwdb() | 
 |             else: | 
 |                 cwd = os.getcwd() | 
 |             path = join(cwd, path) | 
 |         return normpath(path) | 
 |  | 
 | else:  # use native Windows method on Windows | 
 |     def abspath(path): | 
 |         """Return the absolute version of a path.""" | 
 |  | 
 |         if path: # Empty path must return current working directory. | 
 |             try: | 
 |                 path = _getfullpathname(path) | 
 |             except WindowsError: | 
 |                 pass # Bad path - return unchanged. | 
 |         elif isinstance(path, bytes): | 
 |             path = os.getcwdb() | 
 |         else: | 
 |             path = os.getcwd() | 
 |         return normpath(path) | 
 |  | 
 | # realpath is a no-op on systems without islink support | 
 | realpath = abspath | 
 | # Win9x family and earlier have no Unicode filename support. | 
 | supports_unicode_filenames = (hasattr(sys, "getwindowsversion") and | 
 |                               sys.getwindowsversion()[3] >= 2) | 
 |  | 
 | def relpath(path, start=curdir): | 
 |     """Return a relative version of a path""" | 
 |     sep = _get_sep(path) | 
 |  | 
 |     if start is curdir: | 
 |         start = _get_dot(path) | 
 |  | 
 |     if not path: | 
 |         raise ValueError("no path specified") | 
 |  | 
 |     start_abs = abspath(normpath(start)) | 
 |     path_abs = abspath(normpath(path)) | 
 |     start_drive, start_rest = splitdrive(start_abs) | 
 |     path_drive, path_rest = splitdrive(path_abs) | 
 |     if start_drive != path_drive: | 
 |         error = "path is on mount '{0}', start on mount '{1}'".format( | 
 |             path_drive, start_drive) | 
 |         raise ValueError(error) | 
 |  | 
 |     start_list = [x for x in start_rest.split(sep) if x] | 
 |     path_list = [x for x in path_rest.split(sep) if x] | 
 |     # Work out how much of the filepath is shared by start and path. | 
 |     i = 0 | 
 |     for e1, e2 in zip(start_list, path_list): | 
 |         if e1 != e2: | 
 |             break | 
 |         i += 1 | 
 |  | 
 |     if isinstance(path, bytes): | 
 |         pardir = b'..' | 
 |     else: | 
 |         pardir = '..' | 
 |     rel_list = [pardir] * (len(start_list)-i) + path_list[i:] | 
 |     if not rel_list: | 
 |         return _get_dot(path) | 
 |     return join(*rel_list) | 
 |  | 
 |  | 
 | # determine if two files are in fact the same file | 
 | def samefile(f1, f2): | 
 |     "Test whether two pathnames reference the same actual file" | 
 |     try: | 
 |         from nt import _getfinalpathname | 
 |         return _getfinalpathname(f1) == _getfinalpathname(f2) | 
 |     except (NotImplementedError, ImportError): | 
 |         # On Windows XP and earlier, two files are the same if their | 
 |         #  absolute pathnames are the same. | 
 |         # Also, on other operating systems, fake this method with a | 
 |         #  Windows-XP approximation. | 
 |         return abspath(f1) == abspath(f2) |