On Mon, 15 Feb 2016 11:08:52 +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > I am unconcerned with whether there is a real filesystem entry of that > name; the goal entails having no filesystem activity for this. I want > a valid unique filesystem path, without touching the filesystem.
That's an odd use case. If it's really just one valid filesystem path (your original post said *paths*, plural), then how about __file__? or os.__file__? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list