What is a convenient way to resolve the path /bar/foo/baz/../ .. to / bar?

Question

Is there a module capable of doing this, or should I write something myself?

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Kit sunde May 04 '11 at 18:21

1 answer

Cédric julien · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-04T18:22:40+0000

How about this:

>>> os.path.normpath("/bar/foo/baz/../..")
"/bar"