billiejoex wrote: > Hi there, > I've noticed that os.path.normpath does not collapse redundant > separators if they're located at the beginning of the string: > >>>> print os.path.normpath('/a//b//c') > \a\b\c >>>> print os.path.normpath('//a//b//c') > \\a\b\c > > Is it intentional or is it a bug?
Intentional. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_(computing)#Universal_Naming_Convention -- Michael Hoffman -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list