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) ^

#!/usr/bin/env python

"""
(filesystem) path utilities

from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12041525/a-system-independent-way-using-python-to-get-the-root-directory-drive-on-which-p
"""

import os

def is_root(path):
    """is `path` the filesystem root"""
    return not os.path.split(path)[1]

def root(path):
    """return filesystem root of path"""
    path = os.path.abspath(path)
    while not is_root(path):
        path, tail = os.path.split(path)
    return path

if __name__ == '__main__':
    import sys
    for path in sys.argv[1:]:
        print root(path)