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## NAME
    ntpath - Common pathname manipulations, WindowsNT/95 version.

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

    The following documentation is automatically generated from the Python
    source files.  It may be incomplete, incorrect or include features that
    are considered implementation detail and may vary between Python
    implementations.  When in doubt, consult the module reference at the
    location listed above.

## DESCRIPTION
    Instead of importing this module directly, import os and refer to this
    module as os.path.

## FUNCTIONS
    abspath = _abspath_fallback(path)
        Return the absolute version of a path as a fallback function in case
        `nt._getfullpathname` is not available or raises OSError. See bpo-31047 for
        more.

### basename
        Returns the final component of a pathname

### commonpath
        Given a sequence of path names, returns the longest common sub-path.

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

### dirname
        Returns the directory component of a pathname

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

### expanduser
        Expand ~ and ~user constructs.

        If user or $HOME is unknown, do nothing.

### expandvars
        Expand shell variables of the forms $var, ${var} and %var%.

        Unknown variables are left unchanged.

### 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().

### isabs
        Test whether a path is absolute

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

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

### islink
        Test whether a path is a symbolic link.
        This will always return false for Windows prior to 6.0.

### ismount
        Test whether a path is a mount point (a drive root, the root of a
        share, or a mounted volume)

### join
        # Join two (or more) paths.

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

### normcase
        Normalize case of pathname.

        Makes all characters lowercase and all slashes into backslashes.

### normpath
        Normalize path, eliminating double slashes, etc.

    realpath = _abspath_fallback(path)
        Return the absolute version of a path as a fallback function in case
        `nt._getfullpathname` is not available or raises OSError. See bpo-31047 for
        more.

### relpath
        Return a relative version of a path

### 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

### split
        Split a pathname.

        Return tuple (head, tail) where tail is everything after the final slash.
        Either part may be empty.

### splitdrive
        Split a pathname into drive/UNC sharepoint and relative path specifiers.
        Returns a 2-tuple (drive_or_unc, path); either part may be empty.

        If you assign
            result = splitdrive(p)
        It is always true that:
            result[0] + result[1] == p

        If the path contained a drive letter, drive_or_unc will contain everything
        up to and including the colon.  e.g. splitdrive("c:/dir") returns ("c:", "/dir")

        If the path contained a UNC path, the drive_or_unc will contain the host name
        and share up to but not including the fourth directory separator character.
        e.g. splitdrive("//host/computer/dir") returns ("//host/computer", "/dir")

        Paths cannot contain both a drive letter and a UNC path.

### splitext
        Split the extension from a pathname.

        Extension is everything from the last dot to the end, ignoring
        leading dots.  Returns "(root, ext)"; ext may be empty.

## DATA
    __all__ = ['normcase', 'isabs', 'join', 'splitdrive', 'split', 'splite...
    altsep = '/'
    curdir = '.'
    defpath = r'.;C:\bin'
    devnull = 'nul'
    extsep = '.'
    pardir = '..'
    pathsep = ';'
    sep = r'\'
    supports_unicode_filenames = False

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