basename with extensions

[Peter Saffrey]

I'd like to resurrect this subject:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp....2a3b0c0e902114

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

[Tal Einat]

Peter Saffrey wrote:

I'd like to resurrect this subject:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp....2a3b0c0e902114

[snip]

Or have I missed something?

The Python developers are working on a new path module for the standard
library, since the current tools for working with paths are widely
accepted as being quite clumsy. Check out PEP 355 for details.

In the mean time, there are several alternative path modules you can
check out:

Jason Orendorff's path module:
http://www.jorendorff.com/articles/python/path/

PEP 355 reference implementation:
http://wiki.python.org/moin/PathModule

There are also others, to be found with Google.

- Tal