[Python-Dev] os.path.diff(path1, path2)

[Greg Ewing]

Delaney, Timothy (Tim) wrote:
> 
> In addition, I would presume that relpath would just return the absolute
> path if passed an absolute path as the second parameter.

I don't think so. Wouldn't you expect the
result of

   relpath("/usr/local/foo/bax/grump.c", "/usr/local/flump/grump.c")

to be "../../flump/grump.c" rather than
"/usr/local/flump/grump.c"?

> 
> So the above would simply return "/usr/" IMO.
> 
> Tim Delaney
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