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File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/IPython/config/__init__.py", line 16, in <module> from .application import * File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 31, in <module> from IPython.config.configurable import SingletonConfigurable File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/IPython/config/configurable.py", line 33, in <module> from IPython.utils.text import indent, wrap_paragraphs File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/IPython/utils/text.py", line 28, in <module> from IPython.external.path import path File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/IPython/external/path/__init__.py", line 2, in <module> from path import * File "/home/jhammel/python/path.py", line 25 print root(path) ^
author Jeff Hammel <k0scist@gmail.com>
date Wed, 09 Jul 2014 16:26:49 -0700
parents python/path.py@c461ffb7af8c
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1 #!/usr/bin/env python
2
3 """
4 (filesystem) path utilities
5
6 from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12041525/a-system-independent-way-using-python-to-get-the-root-directory-drive-on-which-p
7 """
8
9 import os
10
11 def is_root(path):
12 """is `path` the filesystem root"""
13 return not os.path.split(path)[1]
14
15 def root(path):
16 """return filesystem root of path"""
17 path = os.path.abspath(path)
18 while not is_root(path):
19 path, tail = os.path.split(path)
20 return path
21
22 if __name__ == '__main__':
23 import sys
24 for path in sys.argv[1:]:
25 print root(path)