commit 9787bea4cd58b31896e643fc16b7430af5b099e8
author Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> Fri Jan 29 22:30:41 1999 +0000
committer Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> Fri Jan 29 22:30:41 1999 +0000
tree 9d067489f109fcab1a67a6c6da0386191fe02c09
parent 28e66d1c5ed696e5aa7fcd82d6787e9a8f8b7727

Use win32api.GetFullPathName(path) if it exists to implement abspath().

Lib/ntpath.py

diff --git a/Lib/ntpath.py b/Lib/ntpath.py
index 6bab89d..5782cbe 100644
--- a/Lib/ntpath.py
+++ b/Lib/ntpath.py
@@ -369,6 +369,10 @@
 
 # Return an absolute path.
 def abspath(path):
-    if not isabs(path):
-        path = join(os.getcwd(), path)
-    return normpath(path)
+    try:
+        import win32api
+        return win32api.GetFullPathName(path)
+    except ImportError:
+        if not isabs(path):
+            path = join(os.getcwd(), path)
+        return normpath(path)