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Rachan R K
Rachan R K

Reputation: 231

How to append File Separator at the end of given directory path

I am trying to append File separator at the end of a given directory path. But os.path.join is not appending the required separator.

I have tried the below code. Consider directoryPath = //TEAM/PATH_1/PATH_2/2018-Aug-06

os.path.join(directoryPath, "")

But the output it gives is

//TEAM/PATH_1/PATH_2/2018-Aug-06\

So i tried the below code.

if(len(directoryPath.split("/")) >= 1):
  return os.path.join(directoryPath, "/")
else:
  return os.path.join(directoryPath, "\\")

For this output was

//TEAM/PATH_1/

Can someone guide me the correct way to append File Separator at the end.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1907

Answers (3)

mootmoot
mootmoot

Reputation: 13176

os.path.join automatically use the correspondence OS path separator.

If you intend to run your command in windows but want the / slash separator, just just replace. i.e. 

os.path.join(directoryPath, '').replace('\\', '/')

Upvotes: 1

gosuto
gosuto

Reputation: 5741

Why not just add a a slash at the end of your string?

>>> directoryPath = '//TEAM/PATH_1/PATH_2/2018-Aug-06'
>>> directoryPath += '/'
>>> directoryPath
'//TEAM/PATH_1/PATH_2/2018-Aug-06/'

Upvotes: 0

user10828511
user10828511

Reputation:

os.path.join will use the separator for the OS you run the program on (accessible via os.sep variable).

If what you want is to reuse the separator from existing variable (directoryPath) independently of OS your program is running on, then you should not rely on os package at all - just append the string to the path.

Upvotes: 0

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