[Python-bugs-list] normpath error (PR#93)

[jmrober1@ingr.com]

Full_Name: Joe Robertson
Version: 1.5.2
OS: Windows NT
Submission from: ckpnt04.intergraph.com (63.75.137.2)


File: posixpath.py and ntpath.py
Method: normpath
Problem: initial multiple slashes are not collapsed


I traced to ntpath.py because I am using WindowsNT 4.0, 
but I believe that the same error will occur under POSIX.

Using a path such as:
    d://data\testdlf/test.dlf
for a test input I discovered that slashes were converted 
except for the first 2.

So I ended up with: 
    d://data/test/test.dlf

Making this change to the ntpath.py file fixed this issue.
os.sep is being added for each iteration of the loop.

def normpath(path):
    """Normalize path, eliminating double slashes, etc."""
    path = string.replace(path, "/", "\\")
    prefix, path = splitdrive(path)
    while path[:1] == os.sep:
        #prefix = prefix + os.sep
        path = path[1:]
    ## jmr 10/4/99
    ## add the sep to the prefix only 1 time
    prefix = prefix + os.sep    
    comps = string.splitfields(path, os.sep)
    i = 0


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