Bugs item #1209447, was opened at 2005-05-26 20:45
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Category: Windows
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: John Ehresman (jpe)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: os.path.join() fails if 2nd arg is a UNC path

Initial Comment:
os.path.join('c:', r'\server\share') returns
c:\server\share rather than \server\share. 
Interestingly os.path.join('c:a', r'\server\share')
returns r'\server\share'.  IMHO, r'\server\share'
should be returned in all cases.

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>Comment By: John Ehresman (jpe)
Date: 2005-06-03 19:34

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If the current behavior is kept, then os.path.join can't be
relied upon to return the 2nd (or 3rd+) argument if that
argument is an absolute path.  This is one of the things I
rely on os.path.join to do and would need to write my own
version.  Also, the behavior is quite different if the first
agument contains more than simply the drive letter.

I know this is a difficult issue and that is why I would
like to see it fixed in the standard library.  My question
is whether there is a rationale for the current behavior.

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Comment By: Reinhold Birkenfeld (birkenfeld)
Date: 2005-06-03 18:09

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I'd recommend not to change the behaviour, but add a note in
the docs that UNCs are not recognized as such in os.path.join.

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Comment By: Reinhold Birkenfeld (birkenfeld)
Date: 2005-05-31 10:25

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This is a difficult issue, since as far as I recall Windows
allows two or more backslashes in a row in the middle of
normal paths.

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