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Convert WindowsPath to PosixPath
To convert a WindowsPath
object to a PosixPath
object in Python, you can use the pathlib
module. The pathlib
module provides a platform-independent way to work with file paths, and it allows you to easily switch between different path representations, such as Windows paths and Posix paths.
Here's an example of how to convert a WindowsPath
to a PosixPath
:
pythonfrom pathlib import Path
# Example WindowsPath
windows_path = Path(r'C:\Users\username\Documents\file.txt')
# Convert WindowsPath to PosixPath
posix_path = windows_path.as_posix()
print(posix_path)
In the above example, the as_posix()
method is used to convert the WindowsPath
object windows_path
to a str
representing a Posix-style path. The resulting posix_path
variable will hold the converted path string.
Keep in mind that the as_posix()
method returns a string representation of the path in Posix format. If you need to work with the path as a PosixPath
object, you can create a new PosixPath
object using the converted path string:
pythonfrom pathlib import Path
# Example WindowsPath
windows_path = Path(r'C:\Users\username\Documents\file.txt')
# Convert WindowsPath to PosixPath
posix_path = Path(windows_path.as_posix())
print(posix_path)
This way, you have a PosixPath
object representing the same path as the original WindowsPath
object.