Re: [Jython-dev] os.makedirs() : should it normalize?

[dman <ds...@ri...>]

On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 06:45:18PM -0500, dman wrote:
| 
| In both Jython and CPython (2.1),
|     os.makedirs( "~/tmp/not/./new" )
| fails, however
|     os.makedirs( "~/tmp/not//new" )
| succeeds.
| 
| The GNU 'mkdir' program works with either path (if --parents argument
| is given, or all but last directory exist).
| 
| Should os.makedirs() call os.normalize() first, or is this supposed to
| be a client responsibility?

Oops, it's called "os.normpath()" and it is presently missing in
javaos.py.

I'll send a patch to create os.normpath.

-D