genericpath Namespace Reference

Functions
def	exists
def	isfile
def	isdir
def	getsize
def	getmtime
def	getatime
def	getctime
def	commonprefix
def	_splitext

Variables
list	__all__

Detailed Description

Path operations common to more than one OS
Do not use directly.  The OS specific modules import the appropriate
functions from this module themselves.

Function Documentation

def genericpath._splitext (   p,   sep,   altsep,   extsep  )

private

Split the extension from a pathname.

Extension is everything from the last dot to the end, ignoring
leading dots.  Returns "(root, ext)"; ext may be empty.

def genericpath.commonprefix

(

m

)

def genericpath.exists

(

path

)

Test whether a path exists.  Returns False for broken symbolic links

def genericpath.getatime

(

filename

)

Return the last access time of a file, reported by os.stat().

def genericpath.getctime

(

filename

)

Return the metadata change time of a file, reported by os.stat().

def genericpath.getmtime

(

filename

)

Return the last modification time of a file, reported by os.stat().

def genericpath.getsize

(

filename

)

Return the size of a file, reported by os.stat().

def genericpath.isdir

(

s

)

Return true if the pathname refers to an existing directory.

def genericpath.isfile

(

path

)

Test whether a path is a regular file

Variable Documentation

list genericpath.__all__

Initial value:

= ['commonprefix', 'exists', 'getatime', 'getctime', 'getmtime',
           'getsize', 'isdir', 'isfile']