[Python-Dev] Re: os.path.commonprefix breakage

[Greg Ewing]

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> Alternatively, how about os.path.suffixes?  It would work similar to
> os.path.commonprefix, but instead of returning the prefix of a group of
> files, return a list of the suffixes resulting in the application of the
> common prefix:

To avoid duplication of effort, how about a single function
that does both:

   >>> files = ["/home/swen", "/home/swanson", "/home/jules"]
   >>> os.path.factorize(files)
   ("/home", ["swen", "swanson", "jules"])

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