Paul demonstrates the shortcoming of commonprefix: >>> os.path.commonprefix(["foo\\bar\\baz", "foo/bar/boink"]) 'foo'
With the patch in issue4755: >>> import ntpath >>> ntpath.commonpathprefix(["foo\\bar\\baz", "foo/bar/boink"]) 'foo\\bar' Ta da ... Skip _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com