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

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[dman]

>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?

I think it is the responsibility of the program, but I don't have a
strong opinion about it.

Strangly enough, both your examples works fine for me. Both example
nicely creates a new directory below my $CWD called "~/tmp/not/new" (on
win2k and jdk14b3).

Right now our os.makedirs() function consist on a simple call to.

   File(path).mkdirs()

It just feels really good to push the whole file system semantic
nighmare over on java and forgot about it.

regards,
finn