Python function translates relative path ../../ to full path

Question

is there a function that translates the relative path .. /test.txt into a full path? Example:

full path:

/Users/paganotti/Documents/Project/simple/work/paga/

relative path:

../test.txt

I want to plot this result:

/Users/paganotti/Documents/Project/simple/work/test.txt

As you can see translate ../ into the "work" folder to create the whole path.

Is there a general function that accomplishes this task?

+3

paganotti 15 Mar 12 at 14:49

2 answers

use this:

import os
os.path.abspath('../test.txt')

+15

Thanasis Petsas 15 Mar At 14:53

sth · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-15T14:57:19+0000

You can use normpath()

from module os.path

to get the normalized path from one with ".."

and similar constructs:

base = '/Users/paganotti/Documents/Project/simple/work/paga/'
rel = '../test.txt'

print os.path.normpath(os.path.join(base, rel))