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## NAME
    genericpath

## MODULE REFERENCE
    <https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/genericpath.html>

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    location listed above.

## DESCRIPTION
    Path operations common to more than one OS
    Do not use directly.  The OS specific modules import the appropriate
    functions from this module themselves.

## FUNCTIONS
### commonprefix
        Given a list of pathnames, returns the longest common leading component

### exists
        Test whether a path exists.  Returns False for broken symbolic links

### getatime
        Return the last access time of a file, reported by os.stat().

### getctime
        Return the metadata change time of a file, reported by os.stat().

### getmtime
        Return the last modification time of a file, reported by os.stat().

### getsize
        Return the size of a file, reported by os.stat().

### isdir
        Return true if the pathname refers to an existing directory.

### isfile
        Test whether a path is a regular file

### samefile
        Test whether two pathnames reference the same actual file or directory

        This is determined by the device number and i-node number and
        raises an exception if an os.stat() call on either pathname fails.

### sameopenfile
        Test whether two open file objects reference the same file

### samestat
        Test whether two stat buffers reference the same file

## DATA
    __all__ = ['commonprefix', 'exists', 'getatime', 'getctime', 'getmtime...

## FILE
    /usr/lib/python3.10/genericpath.py