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authorTerry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>2013-03-17 15:22:00 -0400
committerTerry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>2013-03-17 15:22:00 -0400
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.. function:: normpath(path)
- Normalize a pathname. This collapses redundant separators and up-level
- references so that ``A//B``, ``A/B/``, ``A/./B`` and ``A/foo/../B`` all become
- ``A/B``.
-
- It does not normalize the case (use :func:`normcase` for that). On Windows, it
- converts forward slashes to backward slashes. It should be understood that this
- may change the meaning of the path if it contains symbolic links!
+ Normalize a pathname by collapsing redundant separators and up-level
+ references so that ``A//B``, ``A/B/``, ``A/./B`` and ``A/foo/../B`` all
+ become ``A/B``. This string manipulation may change the meaning of a path
+ that contains symbolic links. On Windows, it converts forward slashes to
+ backward slashes. To normalize case, use :func:`normcase`.
.. function:: realpath(path)