os.path and related functions
Python provides several methods to work with filesystem and directory paths
os.path
The os.path sub-module of the os module has lots of great functionality built into it. We’ll be looking at the following functions:
- basename
- dirname
- exists
- isdir and isfile
- join
- split
There are lots of other functions in this sub-module. You are welcome to go read about them in the Python documentation, section 10.1.
os.path.basename
The basename function will return just the filename of a path. Here is an example:
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