I'd like to resurrect this subject: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/11146344b03e72b6/6b2a3b0c0e902114?lnk=gst&q=basename&rnum=2#6b2a3b0c0e902114
If I have a path like this: mypath = /some/long/path/file.xml and I want "file" I currently have to do: os.path.basename(os.path.splitext(mypath)[0]) or use the slightly convoluted string method detailed in the groups link above. An optional second argument to basename to remove a specified extension, as is available in other languages like PHP and in the shell version of basename, would seem pretty sensible. Or have I missed something? Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
