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Title: os.makedirs fail if path contains os.pardir
Type: Stage:
Components: Library (Lib) Versions:
process
Status: closed Resolution: wont fix
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: georg.brandl, nirs
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2005-12-05 02:05 by nirs, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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makedirs_pardir.diff nirs, 2005-12-05 02:08 patch with tests for 2.5.0
Messages (3)
msg26991 - (view) Author: Nir Soffer (nirs) * Date: 2005-12-05 02:05 
os.makedirs fail with "OSError: [Errno 17] File exists:" error when trying 
to create paths like 'a/b/../c' or 'a/b/c/..'.

Seen on 2.3.0, 2.4.1 and 2.5.0.

Included patch with new test cases that fail with current 2.5 code.
msg26992 - (view) Author: Nir Soffer (nirs) * Date: 2005-12-05 02:08 
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And here are the tests.
msg26993 - (view) Author: Georg Brandl (georg.brandl) * (Python committer) Date: 2005-12-17 17:49 
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It's not clear what os.makedirs should do with such
arguments. It should stay simple and not try to correct bad
paths.

I amended the docs to spell that out in rev. 41736/41737.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:56:14adminsetgithub: 42660
2005-12-05 02:05:00nirscreate