os.path.abspath(os.path.join(PATH_TO_GET_THE_PARENT, os.pardir))
If the given path exists
to check if the given path exists
path = '/home/john/temp' os.path.exists(path) #this returns false if path doesn't exist or if the path is a broken symbolic link
check if the given path is a directory, file, symbolic link, mount point etc
to check if the given path is a directory
dirname = '/home/john/python' os.path.isdir(dirname)
to check if the given path is a file
filename = dirname + 'main.py' os.path.isfile(filename)
to check if the given path is symbolic link
symlink = dirname + 'some_sym_link' os.path.islink(symlink)
to check if the given path is a mount point
mount_path = '/home' os.path.ismount(mount_path)
Absolute Path from Relative Path
Use os.path.abspath:
>>> os.getcwd() '/Users/csaftoiu/tmp'
>>> os.path.abspath('foo') '/Users/csaftoiu/tmp/foo'
>>> os.path.abspath('../foo') '/Users/csaftoiu/foo'
>>> os.path.abspath('/foo') '/foo'
