Tzu-ping Chung added the comment:
@Eric
You’re correct, this is not the exact output. I tested the commands with a
different path, but didn’t format them correctly when I convert them to use a
generic example. Sorry for the confusion.
@Eryk
I found my problem. I was doing some os.rename an
Eryk Sun added the comment:
> the UNC path is not really useful anywhere in the Python
> standard library
UNC paths can be used almost anywhere in the file API. What specifically isn't
working?
> there’s no way to turn the it (back) into network drive once you
> call resolve()
Without usi
Eric V. Smith added the comment:
I'm not sure how pathlib.Path('Z:\foo') gives an answer with 'foo' in it, since
'\f' is a formfeed. Is this the exact output that you're showing?
Can you try with r'Z:\foo', 'Z:\\foo', or 'Z:/foo' and see what that produces?
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New submission from Tzu-ping Chung :
The behaviour of os.path.abspath() and pathlib.Path.resolve() is a different
when dealing with a path on a UNC share (on Windows):
>>> import os, pathlib
>>> path = pathlib.Path('Z:\foo')
>>> path.resolve()
WindowsPath('//host/share/foo')
