python的abs.path_【Python3笔记】关于os.path.isabs()

The current os.path.isabs documentation says:

> isabs(path)

>    Return True if path is an absolute pathname (begins with a slash).

The "begins with a slash" part is incorrect since certain systems use a

different pathname notation.

For example, on Macintosh (where os.sep == ":") this is an absolute

pathname:

hardDriveName:folderName1:folderName2:fileName.ext

...and this is a relative one:

:folderName1:fileName.ext

Moreover, on Windows os.path.isabs('\\') returns True since '\\' is an

alias for the current drive letter (e.g. C:\\) hence, independently from

what said before, the documentation should include also the "backslash"

term.

It turns out that on Windows there are really 4 different kinds of paths:

1) Completely relative, e.g. foo\bar

2) Completely absolute, e.g. c:\foo\bar or \\server\share

3) Halfbreeds with no drive, e.g. \foo\bar

4) Halfbreeds relative to the current working directory on a specific drive, e.g. c:foo\bar

Python 2.5's os.path.isabs() method considers both (2) and (3) to be absolute;