carputils.bundle.path_utils Namespace Reference

Functions
def	os_path_split_asunder (path)
	http://stackoverflow.com/a/4580931/171094 More...
def	is_subdirectory (potential_subdirectory, expected_parent_directory)
	Is the first argument a sub-directory of the second argument? More...

Function Documentation

is_subdirectory()

def carputils.bundle.path_utils.is_subdirectory	(		potential_subdirectory,
			expected_parent_directory
	)

Is the first argument a sub-directory of the second argument?

Parameters

potential_subdirectory
expected_parent_directory

Returns

True if the potential_subdirectory is a child of the expected parent directory

>>> is_subdirectory('/var/test2', '/var/test')
False
>>> is_subdirectory('/var/test', '/var/test2')
False
>>> is_subdirectory('var/test2', 'var/test')
False
>>> is_subdirectory('var/test', 'var/test2')
False
>>> is_subdirectory('/var/test/sub', '/var/test')
True
>>> is_subdirectory('/var/test', '/var/test/sub')
False
>>> is_subdirectory('var/test/sub', 'var/test')
True
>>> is_subdirectory('var/test', 'var/test')
True
>>> is_subdirectory('var/test', 'var/test/fake_sub/..')
True
>>> is_subdirectory('var/test/sub/sub2/sub3/../..', 'var/test')
True
>>> is_subdirectory('var/test/sub', 'var/test/fake_sub/..')
True
>>> is_subdirectory('var/test', 'var/test/sub')
False

os_path_split_asunder()

def carputils.bundle.path_utils.os_path_split_asunder

(

path

)

http://stackoverflow.com/a/4580931/171094