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Author	fossilet
Recipients	fossilet
Date	2012-07-13.01:45:29
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Message-id	<1342143930.94.0.174584687761.issue15342@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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I am constructing a source directory argument to rsync. It has to end with slash due to rsync behavior. I use: os.path.join('/src/dir', os.path.sep) And run it and realized the source directory becomes '/'. Luckily it is not the destination. Why should join discard all previous path components if any component is an absoulute path? This is such a surprise and renders this function useless.

I am constructing a source directory argument to rsync. It has to end with slash due to rsync behavior. I use:

os.path.join('/src/dir', os.path.sep)

And run it and realized the source directory becomes '/'. Luckily it is not the destination.

Why should join discard all previous path components if any component is an absoulute path? This is such a surprise and renders this function useless.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2012-07-13 01:45:31	fossilet	set	recipients: + fossilet
2012-07-13 01:45:30	fossilet	set	messageid: <1342143930.94.0.174584687761.issue15342@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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