Function splitext

src/commoncode/fileutils.py:265–298

Return a tuple of strings (basename, extension) for a path. The basename is the file name minus its extension. Return an empty extension string for a directory.

(path, force_posix=False)

# TODO: FIXME: this is badly broken!!!!
def splitext(path, force_posix=False):
    """
    Return a tuple of strings (basename, extension) for a path. The basename is
    the file name minus its extension. Return an empty extension string for a
    directory.
    """
    base_name = ""
    extension = ""
    if not path:
        return base_name, extension

    is_dir = path.endswith(
        (
            "\\",
            "/",
        )
    )
    path = as_posixpath(path).strip("/")
    name = resource_name(path, force_posix)
    if is_dir:
        # directories never have an extension
        base_name = name
        extension = ""
    elif name.startswith(".") and "." not in name[1:]:
        # .dot files base name is the full name and they do not have an extension
        base_name = name
        extension = ""
    else:
        base_name, extension = posixpath.splitext(name)
        # handle composed extensions of tar.gz, tar.bz2, zx,etc
        if base_name.endswith(".tar"):
            base_name, extension2 = posixpath.splitext(base_name)
            extension = extension2 + extension
    return base_name, extension


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