OS module in Python provides functions for interacting with the operating system. OS comes under Python’s standard utility modules. This module provides a portable way of using operating system dependent functionality. os.path module is a submodule of OS module in Python used for common pathname manipulation.
os.path.splitdrive() method in Python is used to Split the path name into a pair drive and tail. Here, drive is either a mount point or the empty string and rest path component is tail.
On systems which do not use drive specification, drive will always be an empty string. Example: UNIX.
On Windows, os.path.splitdrive() method splits a given path name into drive or UNC sharepoint as drive and other path component as tail.
For example:
path name drive tail
On Windows
If path contains drive letter
C:\User\Documents\file.txt C: C:\User\Documents\file.txt
If the path contains UNC path
\\host\computer\dir\file.txt \\host\computer \dir\file.txt
On Unix
/home/User/Documents/file.txt {empty} /home/User/Documents/file.txt
Syntax: os.path.splitdrive(path)
Parameter:
path: A path-like object representing a file system path. A path-like object is either a str or bytes object representing a path.Return Type: This method returns a tuple that represents drive and tail of the given path name.
# Python program to explain os.path.splitdrive() method # importing os module import os # Path Containing a drive letter path = R"C:\User\Documents\file.txt" # Split the path in # drive and tail pair drive_tail = os.path.splitdrive(path) # print drive and tail # of the given path print("Drive of path '%s:'" %path, drive_tail[0]) print("Tail of path '%s:'" %path, drive_tail[1], "\n") # Path representing a UNC path path = R"\\host\computer\dir\file.txt" # Split the path in # drive and tail pair drive_tail = os.path.splitdrive(path) # print drive and tail # of the given path print("Drive of path '%s':" %path, drive_tail[0]) print("Tail of path '%s':" %path, drive_tail[1], "\n") # Path representing a relative path path = R"\dir\file.txt" # Split the path in # drive and tail pair drive_tail = os.path.splitdrive(path) # print drive and tail # of the given path print("Drive of path '%s':" %path, drive_tail[0]) print("Tail of path '%s':" %path, drive_tail[1]) |
Drive of path 'C:\User\Documents\file.txt': C: Tail of path 'C:\User\Documents\file.txt': \User\Documents\file.txt Drive of path '\\host\computer\dir\file.txt': \\host\computer Tail of path '\\host\computer\dir\file.txt': \dir\file.txt Drive of path '\dir\file.txt': Tail of path '\dir\file.txt': \dir\file.txt
Code #2: Use of os.path.splitdrive() method (On UNIX)
# Python program to explain os.path.splitdrive() method # importing os module import os # Path path = "/home/User/Documents/file.txt" # Split the path in # drive and tail pair drive_tail = os.path.splitdrive(path) # print drive and tail # of the given path print("Drive of path '%s':" %path, drive_tail[0]) print("Tail of path '%s':" %path, drive_tail[1]) # os.path.splitdrive() method # will return drive as empty everytime # as UNIX do not use # drive specification |
Drive of path '/home/User/Documents/file.txt': Tail of path '/home/User/Documents/file.txt': /home/User/Documents/file.txt
