Source code for pathlib_mate.pathlib2

# Copyright (c) 2014-2021 Matthias C. M. Troffaes and contributors
# Copyright (c) 2012-2014 Antoine Pitrou and contributors
# Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.

import ctypes
import fnmatch
import functools
import io
import ntpath
import os
import posixpath
import re
from typing import (
    TypeVar, Type, Union, Text, Tuple, List, Any, Callable, Iterable, Optional
)

from .vendor import six
import sys

from errno import EINVAL, ENOENT, ENOTDIR, EBADF
from errno import EEXIST, EPERM, EACCES
from operator import attrgetter
from stat import (
    S_ISDIR, S_ISLNK, S_ISREG, S_ISSOCK, S_ISBLK, S_ISCHR, S_ISFIFO)

if six.PY2:
    from collections import Sequence
else:
    from collections.abc import Sequence

if six.PY2:
    import urllib
    urlquote_from_bytes = urllib.quote  # type: Callable[[bytes], str]
else:
    import urllib.parse
    urlquote_from_bytes = urllib.parse.quote_from_bytes

try:
    intern = intern  # type: ignore
except NameError:
    intern = sys.intern  # type: ignore

supports_symlinks = True
if os.name == 'nt':
    import nt  # type: ignore
    if sys.getwindowsversion().major >= 6 \
            and sys.version_info >= (3, 2):  # type: ignore
        from nt import _getfinalpathname as _gfpn
        _getfinalpathname = _gfpn  # type: Optional[Callable[[str], str]]
    else:
        supports_symlinks = False
        _getfinalpathname = None
else:
    nt = None

try:
    from os import scandir as os_scandir  # type: ignore
except ImportError:
    from scandir import scandir as os_scandir  # type: ignore

__all__ = [
    "PurePath", "PurePosixPath", "PureWindowsPath",
    "Path", "PosixPath", "WindowsPath",
    ]

#
# Internals
#

# EBADF - guard agains macOS `stat` throwing EBADF
_IGNORED_ERROS = (ENOENT, ENOTDIR, EBADF)

_IGNORED_WINERRORS = (
    21,  # ERROR_NOT_READY - drive exists but is not accessible
)


def _ignore_error(exception):
    # type: (BaseException) -> bool
    return (getattr(exception, 'errno', None) in _IGNORED_ERROS or
            getattr(exception, 'winerror', None) in _IGNORED_WINERRORS)


def _py2_fsencode(part):
    # type: (Text) -> str
    if six.PY2 and isinstance(part, six.text_type):
        # py2 => minimal unicode support
        # note: in rare circumstances, on Python < 3.2,
        # getfilesystemencoding can return None, in that
        # case fall back to ascii
        return part.encode(sys.getfilesystemencoding() or 'ascii')
    else:
        assert isinstance(part, str)
        return part


def _try_except_fileexistserror(
        try_func,  # type: Callable[[], None]
        except_func,  # type: Callable[[BaseException], None]
        else_func=None,  # type: Callable[[], None]
        ):
    # type: (...) -> None
    if sys.version_info >= (3, 3):
        try:
            try_func()
        except FileExistsError as exc:  # noqa: F821
            except_func(exc)
        else:
            if else_func is not None:
                else_func()
    else:
        try:
            try_func()
        except EnvironmentError as exc:
            if exc.errno != EEXIST:
                raise
            else:
                except_func(exc)
        else:
            if else_func is not None:
                else_func()


def _try_except_filenotfounderror(
        try_func,  # type: Callable[[], None]
        except_func,  # type: Callable[[BaseException], None]
        ):
    # type: (...) -> None
    if sys.version_info >= (3, 3):
        try:
            try_func()
        except FileNotFoundError as exc:  # noqa: F821
            except_func(exc)
    elif os.name != 'nt':
        try:
            try_func()
        except EnvironmentError as exc:
            if exc.errno != ENOENT:
                raise
            else:
                except_func(exc)
    else:
        try:
            try_func()
        except WindowsError as exc:
            # errno contains winerror
            # 2 = file not found
            # 3 = path not found
            if exc.errno not in (2, 3):
                raise
            else:
                except_func(exc)
        except EnvironmentError as exc:
            if exc.errno != ENOENT:
                raise
            else:
                except_func(exc)


_T = TypeVar("_T")


def _try_except_permissionerror_iter(
        try_iter,  # type: Callable[[], Iterable[_T]]
        except_iter,  # type: Callable[[BaseException], Iterable[_T]]
        ):
    # type: (...) -> Iterable[_T]
    if sys.version_info >= (3, 3):
        try:
            for x in try_iter():
                yield x
        except PermissionError as exc:  # noqa: F821
            for x in except_iter(exc):
                yield x
    else:
        try:
            for x in try_iter():
                yield x
        except EnvironmentError as exc:
            if exc.errno not in (EPERM, EACCES):
                raise
            else:
                for x in except_iter(exc):
                    yield x


def _win32_get_unique_path_id(path):
    # type: (Text) -> Tuple[int, int, int]
    # get file information, needed for samefile on older Python versions
    # see http://timgolden.me.uk/python/win32_how_do_i/
    # see_if_two_files_are_the_same_file.html
    from ctypes import POINTER, Structure, WinError
    from ctypes.wintypes import DWORD, HANDLE, BOOL

    class FILETIME(Structure):
        _fields_ = [("datetime_lo", DWORD),
                    ("datetime_hi", DWORD),
                    ]

    class BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION(Structure):
        _fields_ = [("attributes", DWORD),
                    ("created_at", FILETIME),
                    ("accessed_at", FILETIME),
                    ("written_at", FILETIME),
                    ("volume", DWORD),
                    ("file_hi", DWORD),
                    ("file_lo", DWORD),
                    ("n_links", DWORD),
                    ("index_hi", DWORD),
                    ("index_lo", DWORD),
                    ]

    CreateFile = ctypes.windll.kernel32.CreateFileW
    CreateFile.argtypes = [ctypes.c_wchar_p, DWORD, DWORD, ctypes.c_void_p,
                           DWORD, DWORD, HANDLE]
    CreateFile.restype = HANDLE
    GetFileInformationByHandle = (
        ctypes.windll.kernel32.GetFileInformationByHandle)
    GetFileInformationByHandle.argtypes = [
        HANDLE, POINTER(BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION)]
    GetFileInformationByHandle.restype = BOOL
    CloseHandle = ctypes.windll.kernel32.CloseHandle
    CloseHandle.argtypes = [HANDLE]
    CloseHandle.restype = BOOL
    GENERIC_READ = 0x80000000
    FILE_SHARE_READ = 0x00000001
    FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS = 0x02000000
    OPEN_EXISTING = 3
    if os.path.isdir(path):
        flags = FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS
    else:
        flags = 0
    hfile = CreateFile(path, GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ,
                       None, OPEN_EXISTING, flags, None)
    if hfile in [0xffffffff, 0xffffffffffffffff]:
        if sys.version_info >= (3, 3):
            raise FileNotFoundError(path)  # noqa: F821
        else:
            exc = OSError("file not found: path")
            exc.errno = ENOENT
            raise exc
    info = BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION()
    success = GetFileInformationByHandle(hfile, info)
    CloseHandle(hfile)
    if success == 0:
        raise WinError()
    return info.volume, info.index_hi, info.index_lo


def _is_wildcard_pattern(pat):
    # type: (Text) -> bool
    # Whether this pattern needs actual matching using fnmatch, or can
    # be looked up directly as a file.
    return "*" in pat or "?" in pat or "[" in pat


class _Flavour(object):

    """A flavour implements a particular (platform-specific) set of path
    semantics."""

    sep = None  # type: str
    altsep = None  # type: str
    is_supported = False  # type: bool

    def __init__(self):
        self.join = self.sep.join

    def casefold(self, s):
        # type: (str) -> str
        raise NotImplementedError

    def casefold_parts(self, parts):
        # type: (List[str]) -> List[str]
        raise NotImplementedError

    def gethomedir(self, username):
        # type: (Optional[Text]) -> Text
        raise NotImplementedError

    def splitroot(self, part, sep=sep):
        # type: (str, str) -> Tuple[str, str, str]
        raise NotImplementedError

    def parse_parts(self, parts):
        # type: (Sequence[Text]) -> Tuple[str, str, List[str]]
        parts2 = list(map(_py2_fsencode, parts))  # type: List[str]
        parsed = []  # type: List[str]
        sep = self.sep
        altsep = self.altsep
        drv = root = ''
        it = reversed(parts2)
        for part in it:
            if not part:
                continue
            if altsep:
                part = part.replace(altsep, sep)
            drv, root, rel = self.splitroot(part)
            if sep in rel:
                for x in reversed(rel.split(sep)):
                    if x and x != '.':
                        parsed.append(intern(x))
            else:
                if rel and rel != '.':
                    parsed.append(intern(rel))
            if drv or root:
                if not drv:
                    # If no drive is present, try to find one in the previous
                    # parts. This makes the result of parsing e.g.
                    # ("C:", "/", "a") reasonably intuitive.
                    for part2 in it:
                        if not part2:
                            continue
                        if altsep:
                            part2 = part2.replace(altsep, sep)
                        drv = self.splitroot(part2)[0]
                        if drv:
                            break
                break
        if drv or root:
            parsed.append(drv + root)
        parsed.reverse()
        return drv, root, parsed

    def join_parsed_parts(
            self,
            drv,  # type: str
            root,  # type: str
            parts,  # type: List[str]
            drv2,  # type: str
            root2,  # type: str
            parts2,  # type: List[str]
            ):
        # type: (...) -> Tuple[str, str, List[str]]
        """
        Join the two paths represented by the respective
        (drive, root, parts) tuples.  Return a new (drive, root, parts) tuple.
        """
        if root2:
            if not drv2 and drv:
                return drv, root2, [drv + root2] + parts2[1:]
        elif drv2:
            if drv2 == drv or self.casefold(drv2) == self.casefold(drv):
                # Same drive => second path is relative to the first
                return drv, root, parts + parts2[1:]
        else:
            # Second path is non-anchored (common case)
            return drv, root, parts + parts2
        return drv2, root2, parts2


class _WindowsFlavour(_Flavour):
    # Reference for Windows paths can be found at
    # http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

    sep = '\\'
    altsep = '/'
    has_drv = True
    pathmod = ntpath

    is_supported = (os.name == 'nt')

    drive_letters = set('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ')
    ext_namespace_prefix = '\\\\?\\'

    reserved_names = (
        set(['CON', 'PRN', 'AUX', 'NUL']) |
        set(['COM%d' % i for i in range(1, 10)]) |
        set(['LPT%d' % i for i in range(1, 10)])
        )

    # Interesting findings about extended paths:
    # - '\\?\c:\a', '//?/c:\a' and '//?/c:/a' are all supported
    #   but '\\?\c:/a' is not
    # - extended paths are always absolute; "relative" extended paths will
    #   fail.

    def splitroot(self, part, sep=sep):
        first = part[0:1]
        second = part[1:2]
        if second == sep and first == sep:
            # XXX extended paths should also disable the collapsing of "."
            # components (according to MSDN docs).
            prefix, part = self._split_extended_path(part)
            first = part[0:1]
            second = part[1:2]
        else:
            prefix = ''
        third = part[2:3]
        if second == sep and first == sep and third != sep:
            # is a UNC path:
            # vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv root
            # \\machine\mountpoint\directory\etc\...
            #            directory ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
            index = part.find(sep, 2)
            if index != -1:
                index2 = part.find(sep, index + 1)
                # a UNC path can't have two slashes in a row
                # (after the initial two)
                if index2 != index + 1:
                    if index2 == -1:
                        index2 = len(part)
                    if prefix:
                        return prefix + part[1:index2], sep, part[index2 + 1:]
                    else:
                        return part[:index2], sep, part[index2 + 1:]
        drv = root = ''
        if second == ':' and first in self.drive_letters:
            drv = part[:2]
            part = part[2:]
            first = third
        if first == sep:
            root = first
            part = part.lstrip(sep)
        return prefix + drv, root, part

    def casefold(self, s):
        return s.lower()

    def casefold_parts(self, parts):
        return [p.lower() for p in parts]

    def resolve(self, path, strict=False):
        s = str(path)
        if not s:
            return os.getcwd()
        if _getfinalpathname is not None:
            if strict:
                return self._ext_to_normal(_getfinalpathname(s))
            else:
                # End of the path after the first one not found
                tail_parts = []  # type: List[str]

                def _try_func():
                    result[0] = self._ext_to_normal(_getfinalpathname(s))
                    # if there was no exception, set flag to 0
                    result[1] = 0

                def _exc_func(exc):
                    pass

                while True:
                    result = ['', 1]
                    _try_except_filenotfounderror(_try_func, _exc_func)
                    if result[1] == 1:  # file not found exception raised
                        previous_s = s
                        s, tail = os.path.split(s)  # type: str
                        tail_parts.append(tail)
                        if previous_s == s:
                            return path
                    else:
                        s = result[0]
                        return os.path.join(s, *reversed(tail_parts))
        # Means fallback on absolute
        return None

    def _split_extended_path(self, s, ext_prefix=ext_namespace_prefix):
        # type: (str, str) -> Tuple[str, str]
        prefix = ''
        if s.startswith(ext_prefix):
            prefix = s[:4]
            s = s[4:]
            if s.startswith('UNC\\'):
                prefix += s[:3]
                s = '\\' + s[3:]
        return prefix, s

    def _ext_to_normal(self, s):
        # type: (str) -> str
        # Turn back an extended path into a normal DOS-like path
        return self._split_extended_path(s)[1]

    def is_reserved(self, parts):
        # NOTE: the rules for reserved names seem somewhat complicated
        # (e.g. r"..\NUL" is reserved but not r"foo\NUL").
        # We err on the side of caution and return True for paths which are
        # not considered reserved by Windows.
        if not parts:
            return False
        if parts[0].startswith('\\\\'):
            # UNC paths are never reserved
            return False
        return parts[-1].partition('.')[0].upper() in self.reserved_names

    def make_uri(self, path):
        # Under Windows, file URIs use the UTF-8 encoding.
        drive = path.drive
        if len(drive) == 2 and drive[1] == ':':
            # It's a path on a local drive => 'file:///c:/a/b'
            rest = path.as_posix()[2:].lstrip('/')
            return 'file:///%s/%s' % (
                drive, urlquote_from_bytes(rest.encode('utf-8')))
        else:
            # It's a path on a network drive => 'file://host/share/a/b'
            return 'file:' + urlquote_from_bytes(
                path.as_posix().encode('utf-8'))

    def gethomedir(self, username):
        if 'HOME' in os.environ:
            userhome = os.environ['HOME']
        elif 'USERPROFILE' in os.environ:
            userhome = os.environ['USERPROFILE']
        elif 'HOMEPATH' in os.environ:
            try:
                drv = os.environ['HOMEDRIVE']
            except KeyError:
                drv = ''
            userhome = drv + os.environ['HOMEPATH']
        else:
            raise RuntimeError("Can't determine home directory")

        if username:
            # Try to guess user home directory.  By default all users
            # directories are located in the same place and are named by
            # corresponding usernames.  If current user home directory points
            # to nonstandard place, this guess is likely wrong.
            if os.environ['USERNAME'] != username:
                drv, root, parts = self.parse_parts((userhome,))
                if parts[-1] != os.environ['USERNAME']:
                    raise RuntimeError("Can't determine home directory "
                                       "for %r" % username)
                parts[-1] = username
                if drv or root:
                    userhome = drv + root + self.join(parts[1:])
                else:
                    userhome = self.join(parts)
        return userhome


class _PosixFlavour(_Flavour):
    sep = '/'
    altsep = ''
    has_drv = False
    pathmod = posixpath

    is_supported = (os.name != 'nt')

    def splitroot(self, part, sep=sep):
        if part and part[0] == sep:
            stripped_part = part.lstrip(sep)
            # According to POSIX path resolution:
            # http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/
            # xbd_chap04.html#tag_04_11
            # "A pathname that begins with two successive slashes may be
            # interpreted in an implementation-defined manner, although more
            # than two leading slashes shall be treated as a single slash".
            if len(part) - len(stripped_part) == 2:
                return '', sep * 2, stripped_part
            else:
                return '', sep, stripped_part
        else:
            return '', '', part

    def casefold(self, s):
        return s

    def casefold_parts(self, parts):
        return parts

    def resolve(self, path, strict=False):
        sep = self.sep
        accessor = path._accessor
        seen = {}

        def _resolve(path, rest):
            if rest.startswith(sep):
                path = ''

            for name in rest.split(sep):
                if not name or name == '.':
                    # current dir
                    continue
                if name == '..':
                    # parent dir
                    path, _, _ = path.rpartition(sep)
                    continue
                newpath = path + sep + name
                if newpath in seen:
                    # Already seen this path
                    path = seen[newpath]
                    if path is not None:
                        # use cached value
                        continue
                    # The symlink is not resolved, so we must have a symlink
                    # loop.
                    raise RuntimeError("Symlink loop from %r" % newpath)
                # Resolve the symbolic link
                try:
                    target = accessor.readlink(newpath)
                except OSError as e:
                    if e.errno != EINVAL and strict:
                        raise
                    # Not a symlink, or non-strict mode. We just leave the path
                    # untouched.
                    path = newpath
                else:
                    seen[newpath] = None  # not resolved symlink
                    path = _resolve(path, target)
                    seen[newpath] = path  # resolved symlink

            return path
        # NOTE: according to POSIX, getcwd() cannot contain path components
        # which are symlinks.
        base = '' if path.is_absolute() else os.getcwd()
        return _resolve(base, str(path)) or sep

    def is_reserved(self, parts):
        return False

    def make_uri(self, path):
        # We represent the path using the local filesystem encoding,
        # for portability to other applications.
        bpath = bytes(path)
        return 'file://' + urlquote_from_bytes(bpath)

    def gethomedir(self, username):
        if not username:
            try:
                return os.environ['HOME']
            except KeyError:
                import pwd
                return pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_dir
        else:
            import pwd
            try:
                return pwd.getpwnam(username).pw_dir
            except KeyError:
                raise RuntimeError("Can't determine home directory "
                                   "for %r" % username)


_windows_flavour = _WindowsFlavour()
_posix_flavour = _PosixFlavour()


class _Accessor:

    """An accessor implements a particular (system-specific or not) way of
    accessing paths on the filesystem."""


def _wrap_strfunc(strfunc):
    @functools.wraps(strfunc)
    def wrapped(pathobj, *args):
        return strfunc(str(pathobj), *args)
    return staticmethod(wrapped)


def _wrap_binary_strfunc(strfunc):
    @functools.wraps(strfunc)
    def wrapped(pathobjA, pathobjB, *args):
        return strfunc(str(pathobjA), str(pathobjB), *args)
    return staticmethod(wrapped)


class _NormalAccessor(_Accessor):

    stat = _wrap_strfunc(os.stat)

    lstat = _wrap_strfunc(os.lstat)

    open = _wrap_strfunc(os.open)

    listdir = _wrap_strfunc(os.listdir)

    scandir = _wrap_strfunc(os_scandir)

    chmod = _wrap_strfunc(os.chmod)

    if hasattr(os, "lchmod"):
        lchmod = _wrap_strfunc(os.lchmod)  # type: ignore
    else:
        def lchmod(self, pathobj, mode):
            raise NotImplementedError("lchmod() not available on this system")

    mkdir = _wrap_strfunc(os.mkdir)

    unlink = _wrap_strfunc(os.unlink)

    rmdir = _wrap_strfunc(os.rmdir)

    rename = _wrap_binary_strfunc(os.rename)

    if sys.version_info >= (3, 3):
        replace = _wrap_binary_strfunc(os.replace)

    if nt:
        if supports_symlinks:
            symlink = _wrap_binary_strfunc(os.symlink)
        else:
            @staticmethod
            def symlink(a, b, target_is_directory):
                raise NotImplementedError(
                    "symlink() not available on this system")
    else:
        # Under POSIX, os.symlink() takes two args
        @staticmethod
        def symlink(a, b, target_is_directory):
            return os.symlink(str(a), str(b))

    utime = _wrap_strfunc(os.utime)

    # Helper for resolve()
    def readlink(self, path):
        return os.readlink(path)


_normal_accessor = _NormalAccessor()


#
# Globbing helpers
#

def _make_selector(pattern_parts):
    pat = pattern_parts[0]
    child_parts = pattern_parts[1:]
    if pat == '**':
        cls = _RecursiveWildcardSelector
    elif '**' in pat:
        raise ValueError(
            "Invalid pattern: '**' can only be an entire path component")
    elif _is_wildcard_pattern(pat):
        cls = _WildcardSelector
    else:
        cls = _PreciseSelector
    return cls(pat, child_parts)


if hasattr(functools, "lru_cache"):
    _make_selector = functools.lru_cache()(_make_selector)  # type: ignore


class _Selector:

    """A selector matches a specific glob pattern part against the children
    of a given path."""

    def __init__(self, child_parts):
        self.child_parts = child_parts
        if child_parts:
            self.successor = _make_selector(child_parts)
            self.dironly = True
        else:
            self.successor = _TerminatingSelector()
            self.dironly = False

    def select_from(self, parent_path):
        """Iterate over all child paths of `parent_path` matched by this
        selector.  This can contain parent_path itself."""
        path_cls = type(parent_path)
        is_dir = path_cls.is_dir
        exists = path_cls.exists
        scandir = parent_path._accessor.scandir
        if not is_dir(parent_path):
            return iter([])
        return self._select_from(parent_path, is_dir, exists, scandir)


class _TerminatingSelector:

    def _select_from(self, parent_path, is_dir, exists, scandir):
        yield parent_path


class _PreciseSelector(_Selector):

    def __init__(self, name, child_parts):
        self.name = name
        _Selector.__init__(self, child_parts)

    def _select_from(self, parent_path, is_dir, exists, scandir):
        def try_iter():
            path = parent_path._make_child_relpath(self.name)
            if (is_dir if self.dironly else exists)(path):
                for p in self.successor._select_from(
                        path, is_dir, exists, scandir):
                    yield p

        def except_iter(exc):
            return iter([])

        for x in _try_except_permissionerror_iter(try_iter, except_iter):
            yield x


class _WildcardSelector(_Selector):

    def __init__(self, pat, child_parts):
        self.pat = re.compile(fnmatch.translate(pat))
        _Selector.__init__(self, child_parts)

    def _select_from(self, parent_path, is_dir, exists, scandir):
        def try_iter():
            cf = parent_path._flavour.casefold
            entries = list(scandir(parent_path))
            for entry in entries:
                if not self.dironly or entry.is_dir():
                    name = entry.name
                    casefolded = cf(name)
                    if self.pat.match(casefolded):
                        path = parent_path._make_child_relpath(name)
                        for p in self.successor._select_from(
                                path, is_dir, exists, scandir):
                            yield p

        def except_iter(exc):
            return iter([])

        for x in _try_except_permissionerror_iter(try_iter, except_iter):
            yield x


class _RecursiveWildcardSelector(_Selector):

    def __init__(self, pat, child_parts):
        _Selector.__init__(self, child_parts)

    def _iterate_directories(self, parent_path, is_dir, scandir):
        yield parent_path

        def try_iter():
            entries = list(scandir(parent_path))
            for entry in entries:
                entry_is_dir = False
                try:
                    entry_is_dir = entry.is_dir()
                except OSError as e:
                    if not _ignore_error(e):
                        raise
                if entry_is_dir and not entry.is_symlink():
                    path = parent_path._make_child_relpath(entry.name)
                    for p in self._iterate_directories(path, is_dir, scandir):
                        yield p

        def except_iter(exc):
            return iter([])

        for x in _try_except_permissionerror_iter(try_iter, except_iter):
            yield x

    def _select_from(self, parent_path, is_dir, exists, scandir):
        def try_iter():
            yielded = set()
            try:
                successor_select = self.successor._select_from
                for starting_point in self._iterate_directories(
                        parent_path, is_dir, scandir):
                    for p in successor_select(
                            starting_point, is_dir, exists, scandir):
                        if p not in yielded:
                            yield p
                            yielded.add(p)
            finally:
                yielded.clear()

        def except_iter(exc):
            return iter([])

        for x in _try_except_permissionerror_iter(try_iter, except_iter):
            yield x


#
# Public API
#

class _PathParents(Sequence):

    """This object provides sequence-like access to the logical ancestors
    of a path.  Don't try to construct it yourself."""
    __slots__ = ('_pathcls', '_drv', '_root', '_parts')

    def __init__(self, path):
        # We don't store the instance to avoid reference cycles
        self._pathcls = type(path)
        self._drv = path._drv
        self._root = path._root
        self._parts = path._parts

    def __len__(self):
        if self._drv or self._root:
            return len(self._parts) - 1
        else:
            return len(self._parts)

    def __getitem__(self, idx):
        """
        :rtype: Path
        """
        if idx < 0 or idx >= len(self):
            raise IndexError(idx)
        return self._pathcls._from_parsed_parts(self._drv, self._root,
                                                self._parts[:-idx - 1])

    def __repr__(self):
        return "<{0}.parents>".format(self._pathcls.__name__)


_P = TypeVar("_P", bound="PurePath")


[docs]class PurePath(object): """PurePath represents a filesystem path and offers operations which don't imply any actual filesystem I/O. Depending on your system, instantiating a PurePath will return either a PurePosixPath or a PureWindowsPath object. You can also instantiate either of these classes directly, regardless of your system. """ __slots__ = ( '_drv', '_root', '_parts', '_str', '_hash', '_pparts', '_cached_cparts', ) _flavour = None # type: _Flavour def __type_hints__(self, drv, root, parts, str_, hash_): # type: (str, str, List[str], str, int) -> None self._drv = drv self._root = root self._parts = parts self._str = str_ self._hash = hash_ def __new__(cls, *args): # type: (Type[PurePath], *Union[Text, PurePath]) -> PurePath """Construct a PurePath from one or several strings and or existing PurePath objects. The strings and path objects are combined so as to yield a canonicalized path, which is incorporated into the new PurePath object. """ if cls is PurePath: cls = PureWindowsPath if os.name == 'nt' else PurePosixPath return cls._from_parts(args) def __reduce__(self): # Using the parts tuple helps share interned path parts # when pickling related paths. return self.__class__, tuple(self._parts) @classmethod def _parse_args( cls, # type: Type[_P] args, # type: Sequence[Union[Text, PurePath]] ): # type: (...) -> Tuple[str, str, List[str]] # This is useful when you don't want to create an instance, just # canonicalize some constructor arguments. parts = [] # type: List[str] for a in args: if isinstance(a, PurePath): parts += a._parts else: if sys.version_info >= (3, 6): a = os.fspath(a) else: # duck typing for older Python versions a = getattr(a, "__fspath__", lambda: a)() if isinstance(a, str): # Force-cast str subclasses to str (issue #21127) parts.append(str(a)) # also handle unicode for PY2 (six.text_type = unicode) elif six.PY2 and isinstance(a, six.text_type): # cast to str using filesystem encoding parts.append(_py2_fsencode(a)) else: raise TypeError( "argument should be a str object or an os.PathLike " "object returning str, not %r" % type(a)) return cls._flavour.parse_parts(parts) @classmethod def _from_parts(cls, args, init=True): # type: (Type[_P], Sequence[Union[Text, PurePath]], bool) -> _P # We need to call _parse_args on the instance, so as to get the # right flavour. self = object.__new__(cls) drv, root, parts = self._parse_args(args) self._drv = drv self._root = root self._parts = parts if init: self._init() return self @classmethod def _from_parsed_parts(cls, drv, root, parts, init=True): # type: (str, str, List[str], bool) -> _P self = object.__new__(cls) self._drv = drv self._root = root self._parts = parts if init: self._init() return self @classmethod def _format_parsed_parts(cls, drv, root, parts): # type: (str, str, List[str]) -> str if drv or root: return drv + root + cls._flavour.join(parts[1:]) else: return cls._flavour.join(parts) def _init(self): # Overridden in concrete Path pass def _make_child(self, args): # type: (Sequence[Union[Text, PurePath]]) -> str drv, root, parts = self._parse_args(args) drv, root, parts = self._flavour.join_parsed_parts( self._drv, self._root, self._parts, drv, root, parts) return self._from_parsed_parts(drv, root, parts) def __str__(self): # type: () -> str """Return the string representation of the path, suitable for passing to system calls.""" try: return self._str except AttributeError: self._str = self._format_parsed_parts(self._drv, self._root, self._parts) or '.' return self._str def __fspath__(self): return str(self)
[docs] def as_posix(self): """Return the string representation of the path with forward (/) slashes.""" f = self._flavour return str(self).replace(f.sep, '/')
def __bytes__(self): """Return the bytes representation of the path. This is only recommended to use under Unix.""" if sys.version_info < (3, 2): raise NotImplementedError("needs Python 3.2 or later") return os.fsencode(str(self)) def __repr__(self): return "{0}({1!r})".format(self.__class__.__name__, self.as_posix())
[docs] def as_uri(self): """Return the path as a 'file' URI.""" if not self.is_absolute(): raise ValueError("relative path can't be expressed as a file URI") return self._flavour.make_uri(self)
@property def _cparts(self): # Cached casefolded parts, for hashing and comparison try: return self._cached_cparts except AttributeError: self._cached_cparts = self._flavour.casefold_parts(self._parts) return self._cached_cparts def __eq__(self, other): if not isinstance(other, PurePath): return NotImplemented return ( self._cparts == other._cparts and self._flavour is other._flavour) def __ne__(self, other): return not self == other def __hash__(self): # type: () -> int try: return self._hash except AttributeError: self._hash = hash(tuple(self._cparts)) return self._hash def __lt__(self, other): if (not isinstance(other, PurePath) or self._flavour is not other._flavour): return NotImplemented return self._cparts < other._cparts def __le__(self, other): if (not isinstance(other, PurePath) or self._flavour is not other._flavour): return NotImplemented return self._cparts <= other._cparts def __gt__(self, other): if (not isinstance(other, PurePath) or self._flavour is not other._flavour): return NotImplemented return self._cparts > other._cparts def __ge__(self, other): if (not isinstance(other, PurePath) or self._flavour is not other._flavour): return NotImplemented return self._cparts >= other._cparts drive = property(attrgetter('_drv'), doc="""The drive prefix (letter or UNC path), if any.""") root = property(attrgetter('_root'), doc="""The root of the path, if any.""") @property def anchor(self): """The concatenation of the drive and root, or ''.""" anchor = self._drv + self._root return anchor @property def name(self): """The final path component, if any.""" parts = self._parts if len(parts) == (1 if (self._drv or self._root) else 0): return '' return parts[-1] @property def suffix(self): """The final component's last suffix, if any.""" name = self.name i = name.rfind('.') if 0 < i < len(name) - 1: return name[i:] else: return '' @property def suffixes(self): """A list of the final component's suffixes, if any.""" name = self.name if name.endswith('.'): return [] name = name.lstrip('.') return ['.' + suffix for suffix in name.split('.')[1:]] @property def stem(self): """The final path component, minus its last suffix.""" name = self.name i = name.rfind('.') if 0 < i < len(name) - 1: return name[:i] else: return name
[docs] def with_name(self, name): """ Return a new path with the file name changed. :rtype: Path """ if not self.name: raise ValueError("%r has an empty name" % (self,)) drv, root, parts = self._flavour.parse_parts((name,)) if (not name or name[-1] in [self._flavour.sep, self._flavour.altsep] or drv or root or len(parts) != 1): raise ValueError("Invalid name %r" % name) return self._from_parsed_parts(self._drv, self._root, self._parts[:-1] + parts[-1:])
[docs] def with_suffix(self, suffix): """ Return a new path with the file suffix changed. If the path has no suffix, add given suffix. If the given suffix is an empty string, remove the suffix from the path. :rtype: Path """ # XXX if suffix is None, should the current suffix be removed? f = self._flavour if f.sep in suffix or f.altsep and f.altsep in suffix: raise ValueError("Invalid suffix %r" % suffix) if suffix and not suffix.startswith('.') or suffix == '.': raise ValueError("Invalid suffix %r" % suffix) suffix = _py2_fsencode(suffix) name = self.name if not name: raise ValueError("%r has an empty name" % (self,)) old_suffix = self.suffix if not old_suffix: name = name + suffix else: name = name[:-len(old_suffix)] + suffix return self._from_parsed_parts(self._drv, self._root, self._parts[:-1] + [name])
[docs] def relative_to(self, *other): """Return the relative path to another path identified by the passed arguments. If the operation is not possible (because this is not a subpath of the other path), raise ValueError. :rtype: Path """ # For the purpose of this method, drive and root are considered # separate parts, i.e.: # Path('c:/').relative_to('c:') gives Path('/') # Path('c:/').relative_to('/') raise ValueError if not other: raise TypeError("need at least one argument") parts = self._parts drv = self._drv root = self._root if root: abs_parts = [drv, root] + parts[1:] else: abs_parts = parts to_drv, to_root, to_parts = self._parse_args(other) if to_root: to_abs_parts = [to_drv, to_root] + to_parts[1:] else: to_abs_parts = to_parts n = len(to_abs_parts) cf = self._flavour.casefold_parts if (root or drv) if n == 0 else cf(abs_parts[:n]) != cf(to_abs_parts): formatted = self._format_parsed_parts(to_drv, to_root, to_parts) raise ValueError("{0!r} does not start with {1!r}" .format(str(self), str(formatted))) return self._from_parsed_parts('', root if n == 1 else '', abs_parts[n:])
@property def parts(self): """An object providing sequence-like access to the components in the filesystem path.""" # We cache the tuple to avoid building a new one each time .parts # is accessed. XXX is this necessary? try: return self._pparts except AttributeError: self._pparts = tuple(self._parts) return self._pparts
[docs] def joinpath(self, *args): """Combine this path with one or several arguments, and return a new path representing either a subpath (if all arguments are relative paths) or a totally different path (if one of the arguments is anchored). :rtype: Path """ return self._make_child(args)
def __truediv__(self, key): """ :rtype: Path """ return self._make_child((key,)) def __rtruediv__(self, key): """ :rtype: Path """ return self._from_parts([key] + self._parts) if six.PY2: __div__ = __truediv__ __rdiv__ = __rtruediv__ @property def parent(self): """ The logical parent of the path. :rtype: Path """ drv = self._drv root = self._root parts = self._parts if len(parts) == 1 and (drv or root): return self return self._from_parsed_parts(drv, root, parts[:-1]) @property def parents(self): """ A sequence of this path's logical parents. :rtype: Sequence[Path] """ return _PathParents(self)
[docs] def is_absolute(self): """ True if the path is absolute (has both a root and, if applicable, a drive). :rtype: bool """ if not self._root: return False return not self._flavour.has_drv or bool(self._drv)
[docs] def is_reserved(self): """ Return True if the path contains one of the special names reserved by the system, if any. :rtype: bool """ return self._flavour.is_reserved(self._parts)
[docs] def match(self, path_pattern): """ Return True if this path matches the given pattern. :rtype: bool """ cf = self._flavour.casefold path_pattern = cf(path_pattern) drv, root, pat_parts = self._flavour.parse_parts((path_pattern,)) if not pat_parts: raise ValueError("empty pattern") if drv and drv != cf(self._drv): return False if root and root != cf(self._root): return False parts = self._cparts if drv or root: if len(pat_parts) != len(parts): return False pat_parts = pat_parts[1:] elif len(pat_parts) > len(parts): return False for part, pat in zip(reversed(parts), reversed(pat_parts)): if not fnmatch.fnmatchcase(part, pat): return False return True
# Can't subclass os.PathLike from PurePath and keep the constructor # optimizations in PurePath._parse_args(). if sys.version_info >= (3, 6): os.PathLike.register(PurePath)
[docs]class PurePosixPath(PurePath): _flavour = _posix_flavour __slots__ = ()
[docs]class PureWindowsPath(PurePath): """PurePath subclass for Windows systems. On a Windows system, instantiating a PurePath should return this object. However, you can also instantiate it directly on any system. """ _flavour = _windows_flavour __slots__ = ()
# Filesystem-accessing classes from .mate_attr_accessor import AttrAccessor from .mate_hashes_methods import HashesMethods from .mate_path_filters import PathFilters from .mate_mutate_methods import MutateMethods from .mate_tool_box import ToolBox
[docs]class Path( PurePath, AttrAccessor, HashesMethods, PathFilters, MutateMethods, ToolBox, ): """PurePath subclass that can make system calls. Path represents a filesystem path but unlike PurePath, also offers methods to do system calls on path objects. Depending on your system, instantiating a Path will return either a PosixPath or a WindowsPath object. You can also instantiate a PosixPath or WindowsPath directly, but cannot instantiate a WindowsPath on a POSIX system or vice versa. """ __slots__ = ( '_accessor', '_closed', ) def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs): # type: (Type[Path], *Union[Text, PurePath, "PathlibPath"], **Any) -> Path if cls is Path: cls = WindowsPath if os.name == 'nt' else PosixPath self = cls._from_parts(args, init=False) if not self._flavour.is_supported: raise NotImplementedError("cannot instantiate %r on your system" % (cls.__name__,)) self._init() return self def _init(self, # Private non-constructor arguments template=None, ): self._closed = False if template is not None: self._accessor = template._accessor else: self._accessor = _normal_accessor def _make_child_relpath(self, part): # This is an optimization used for dir walking. `part` must be # a single part relative to this path. parts = self._parts + [part] return self._from_parsed_parts(self._drv, self._root, parts) def __enter__(self): if self._closed: self._raise_closed() return self def __exit__(self, t, v, tb): self._closed = True def _raise_closed(self): raise ValueError("I/O operation on closed path") def _opener(self, name, flags, mode=0o666): # A stub for the opener argument to built-in open() return self._accessor.open(self, flags, mode) def _raw_open(self, flags, mode=0o777): """ Open the file pointed by this path and return a file descriptor, as os.open() does. """ if self._closed: self._raise_closed() return self._accessor.open(self, flags, mode) # Public API
[docs] @classmethod def cwd(cls): """ Return a new path pointing to the current working directory (as returned by os.getcwd()) :rtype: Path """ return cls(os.getcwd())
[docs] @classmethod def home(cls): """ Return a new path pointing to the user's home directory (as returned by os.path.expanduser('~')). :rtype: Path """ return cls(cls()._flavour.gethomedir(None))
[docs] def samefile(self, other_path): """ Return whether other_path is the same or not as this file (as returned by os.path.samefile()). :rtype: bool """ if hasattr(os.path, "samestat"): st = self.stat() try: other_st = other_path.stat() except AttributeError: other_st = os.stat(other_path) return os.path.samestat(st, other_st) else: filename1 = six.text_type(self) filename2 = six.text_type(other_path) st1 = _win32_get_unique_path_id(filename1) st2 = _win32_get_unique_path_id(filename2) return st1 == st2
[docs] def iterdir(self): """ Iterate over the files in this directory. Does not yield any result for the special paths '.' and '..'. :rtype: Iterable[Path] """ if self._closed: self._raise_closed() for name in self._accessor.listdir(self): if name in ('.', '..'): # Yielding a path object for these makes little sense continue yield self._make_child_relpath(name) if self._closed: self._raise_closed()
[docs] def glob(self, pattern): """ Iterate over this subtree and yield all existing files (of any kind, including directories) matching the given relative pattern. :rtype: Iterable[Path] """ if not pattern: raise ValueError("Unacceptable pattern: {0!r}".format(pattern)) pattern = self._flavour.casefold(pattern) drv, root, pattern_parts = self._flavour.parse_parts((pattern,)) if drv or root: raise NotImplementedError("Non-relative patterns are unsupported") selector = _make_selector(tuple(pattern_parts)) for p in selector.select_from(self): yield p
[docs] def rglob(self, pattern): """ Recursively yield all existing files (of any kind, including directories) matching the given relative pattern, anywhere in this subtree. :rtype: Iterable[Path] """ pattern = self._flavour.casefold(pattern) drv, root, pattern_parts = self._flavour.parse_parts((pattern,)) if drv or root: raise NotImplementedError("Non-relative patterns are unsupported") selector = _make_selector(("**",) + tuple(pattern_parts)) for p in selector.select_from(self): yield p
[docs] def absolute(self): """Return an absolute version of this path. This function works even if the path doesn't point to anything. No normalization is done, i.e. all '.' and '..' will be kept along. Use resolve() to get the canonical path to a file. :rtype: Path """ # XXX untested yet! if self._closed: self._raise_closed() if self.is_absolute(): return self # FIXME this must defer to the specific flavour (and, under Windows, # use nt._getfullpathname()) obj = self._from_parts([os.getcwd()] + self._parts, init=False) obj._init(template=self) return obj
[docs] def resolve(self, strict=False): """ Make the path absolute, resolving all symlinks on the way and also normalizing it (for example turning slashes into backslashes under Windows). :rtype: Path """ if self._closed: self._raise_closed() s = self._flavour.resolve(self, strict=strict) if s is None: # No symlink resolution => for consistency, raise an error if # the path is forbidden # but not raise error if file does not exist (see issue #54). def _try_func(): self.stat() def _exc_func(exc): pass _try_except_filenotfounderror(_try_func, _exc_func) s = str(self.absolute()) else: # ensure s is a string (normpath requires this on older python) s = str(s) # Now we have no symlinks in the path, it's safe to normalize it. normed = self._flavour.pathmod.normpath(s) obj = self._from_parts((normed,), init=False) obj._init(template=self) return obj
[docs] def stat(self): """ Return the result of the stat() system call on this path, like os.stat() does. """ return self._accessor.stat(self)
[docs] def owner(self): """ Return the login name of the file owner. """ import pwd return pwd.getpwuid(self.stat().st_uid).pw_name
[docs] def group(self): """ Return the group name of the file gid. """ import grp return grp.getgrgid(self.stat().st_gid).gr_name
[docs] def open(self, mode='r', buffering=-1, encoding=None, errors=None, newline=None): """ Open the file pointed by this path and return a file object, as the built-in open() function does. """ if self._closed: self._raise_closed() if sys.version_info >= (3, 3): return io.open( str(self), mode, buffering, encoding, errors, newline, opener=self._opener) else: return io.open(str(self), mode, buffering, encoding, errors, newline)
[docs] def read_bytes(self): """ Open the file in bytes mode, read it, and close the file. :rtype: bytes """ with self.open(mode='rb') as f: return f.read()
[docs] def read_text(self, encoding=None, errors=None): """ Open the file in text mode, read it, and close the file. :rtype: str """ with self.open(mode='r', encoding=encoding, errors=errors) as f: return f.read()
[docs] def write_bytes(self, data): """ Open the file in bytes mode, write to it, and close the file. :type data: bytes """ if not isinstance(data, six.binary_type): raise TypeError( 'data must be %s, not %s' % (six.binary_type.__name__, data.__class__.__name__)) with self.open(mode='wb') as f: return f.write(data)
[docs] def write_text(self, data, encoding=None, errors=None, newline=None): """ Open the file in text mode, write to it, and close the file. :type data: str """ if not isinstance(data, six.text_type): raise TypeError( 'data must be %s, not %s' % (six.text_type.__name__, data.__class__.__name__)) with self.open(mode='w', encoding=encoding, errors=errors, newline=newline) as f: return f.write(data)
[docs] def touch(self, mode=0o666, exist_ok=True): """ Create this file with the given access mode, if it doesn't exist. """ if self._closed: self._raise_closed() if exist_ok: # First try to bump modification time # Implementation note: GNU touch uses the UTIME_NOW option of # the utimensat() / futimens() functions. try: self._accessor.utime(self, None) except OSError: # Avoid exception chaining pass else: return flags = os.O_CREAT | os.O_WRONLY if not exist_ok: flags |= os.O_EXCL fd = self._raw_open(flags, mode) os.close(fd)
[docs] def mkdir(self, mode=0o777, parents=False, exist_ok=False): """ Create a new directory at this given path. """ if self._closed: self._raise_closed() def _try_func(): self._accessor.mkdir(self, mode) def _exc_func(exc): if not parents or self.parent == self: raise exc self.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) self.mkdir(mode, parents=False, exist_ok=exist_ok) try: _try_except_filenotfounderror(_try_func, _exc_func) except OSError: # Cannot rely on checking for EEXIST, since the operating system # could give priority to other errors like EACCES or EROFS if not exist_ok or not self.is_dir(): raise
[docs] def chmod(self, mode): """ Change the permissions of the path, like os.chmod(). """ if self._closed: self._raise_closed() self._accessor.chmod(self, mode)
[docs] def lchmod(self, mode): """ Like chmod(), except if the path points to a symlink, the symlink's permissions are changed, rather than its target's. """ if self._closed: self._raise_closed() self._accessor.lchmod(self, mode)
[docs] def rmdir(self): """ Remove this directory. The directory must be empty. """ if self._closed: self._raise_closed() self._accessor.rmdir(self)
[docs] def lstat(self): """ Like stat(), except if the path points to a symlink, the symlink's status information is returned, rather than its target's. """ if self._closed: self._raise_closed() return self._accessor.lstat(self)
[docs] def rename(self, target): """ Rename this path to the given path. """ if self._closed: self._raise_closed() self._accessor.rename(self, target)
[docs] def replace(self, target): """ Rename this path to the given path, clobbering the existing destination if it exists. """ if sys.version_info < (3, 3): raise NotImplementedError("replace() is only available " "with Python 3.3 and later") if self._closed: self._raise_closed() self._accessor.replace(self, target)
# Convenience functions for querying the stat results
[docs] def exists(self): """ Whether this path exists. :rtype: bool """ try: self.stat() except OSError as e: if not _ignore_error(e): raise return False except ValueError: # Non-encodable path return False return True
[docs] def is_dir(self): """ Whether this path is a directory. :rtype: bool """ try: return S_ISDIR(self.stat().st_mode) except OSError as e: if not _ignore_error(e): raise # Path doesn't exist or is a broken symlink # (see https://bitbucket.org/pitrou/pathlib/issue/12/) return False except ValueError: # Non-encodable path return False
[docs] def is_file(self): """ Whether this path is a regular file (also True for symlinks pointing to regular files). :rtype: bool """ try: return S_ISREG(self.stat().st_mode) except OSError as e: if not _ignore_error(e): raise # Path doesn't exist or is a broken symlink # (see https://bitbucket.org/pitrou/pathlib/issue/12/) return False except ValueError: # Non-encodable path return False
[docs] def is_mount(self): """ Check if this path is a POSIX mount point :rtype: bool """ # Need to exist and be a dir if not self.exists() or not self.is_dir(): return False parent = Path(self.parent) try: parent_dev = parent.stat().st_dev except OSError: return False dev = self.stat().st_dev if dev != parent_dev: return True ino = self.stat().st_ino parent_ino = parent.stat().st_ino return ino == parent_ino
[docs] def is_block_device(self): """ Whether this path is a block device. :rtype: bool """ try: return S_ISBLK(self.stat().st_mode) except OSError as e: if not _ignore_error(e): raise # Path doesn't exist or is a broken symlink # (see https://bitbucket.org/pitrou/pathlib/issue/12/) return False except ValueError: # Non-encodable path return False
[docs] def is_char_device(self): """ Whether this path is a character device. :rtype: bool """ try: return S_ISCHR(self.stat().st_mode) except OSError as e: if not _ignore_error(e): raise # Path doesn't exist or is a broken symlink # (see https://bitbucket.org/pitrou/pathlib/issue/12/) return False except ValueError: # Non-encodable path return False
[docs] def is_fifo(self): """ Whether this path is a FIFO. :rtype: bool """ try: return S_ISFIFO(self.stat().st_mode) except OSError as e: if not _ignore_error(e): raise # Path doesn't exist or is a broken symlink # (see https://bitbucket.org/pitrou/pathlib/issue/12/) return False except ValueError: # Non-encodable path return False
[docs] def is_socket(self): """ Whether this path is a socket. :rtype: bool """ try: return S_ISSOCK(self.stat().st_mode) except OSError as e: if not _ignore_error(e): raise # Path doesn't exist or is a broken symlink # (see https://bitbucket.org/pitrou/pathlib/issue/12/) return False except ValueError: # Non-encodable path return False
[docs] def expanduser(self): """ Return a new path with expanded ~ and ~user constructs (as returned by os.path.expanduser) :rtype: Path """ if (not (self._drv or self._root) and self._parts and self._parts[0][:1] == '~'): homedir = self._flavour.gethomedir(self._parts[0][1:]) return self._from_parts([homedir] + self._parts[1:]) return self
[docs]class PosixPath(Path, PurePosixPath): """Path subclass for non-Windows systems. On a POSIX system, instantiating a Path should return this object. """ __slots__ = ()
[docs]class WindowsPath(Path, PureWindowsPath): """Path subclass for Windows systems. On a Windows system, instantiating a Path should return this object. """ __slots__ = ()
[docs] def owner(self): raise NotImplementedError("Path.owner() is unsupported on this system")
[docs] def group(self): raise NotImplementedError("Path.group() is unsupported on this system")
[docs] def is_mount(self): raise NotImplementedError( "Path.is_mount() is unsupported on this system")
# An explicitly defined Path class for the current OS. This is more explicit for type hint PathCls: Union[Type[WindowsPath], Type[PosixPath]] = WindowsPath if os.name == "nt" else PosixPath # T_PATH_ARG is a path liked object that can be passed into a function, # you can safely use ``Path(a_path_arg)`` to convert it to a pathlib_mate.Path object # or safely use ``PathlibPath(a_path_arg)`` to convert it to a pathlib.Path object. from pathlib import Path as PathlibPath T_PATH_ARG = Union[str, PathlibPath, Path]