http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3937

           Summary: os.path.dirname fails on absolute path
           Product: D
           Version: 2.040
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Phobos
        AssignedTo: nobody@puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: ellery-newcomer@utulsa.edu


--- Comment #0 from Ellery Newcomer <ellery-newcomer@utulsa.edu> 2010-03-12 12:45:01 PST ---
According to DDoc,

assert(dirname(dirname("/home/user")) == "");

however, that assert isn't in the unittest, and the actual result is ".".

I would prefer "/" to either result.

suggested fix:

--- path.d      (revision 1452)
+++ path.d      (working copy)
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@
  * version(Posix)
  * {
  *     assert(dirname("/home/user") == "/home");
- *     assert(dirname(dirname("/home/user")) == "");
+ *     assert(dirname(dirname("/home/user")) == "/");
  * }
  * -----
  */
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@
         version(Posix)
         {
             if (fullname[i - 1] == sep[0])
-            {   i--;
+            {   if(i > 1) i--;
                 break;
             }
         }
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@
     version (Posix)
     {
         assert(dirname("/path/to/file") == "/path/to");
+        assert(dirname(dirname("/home/user")) == "/");
     }
     else
     {

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Shin Fujishiro <rsinfu@gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |FIXED


--- Comment #1 from Shin Fujishiro <rsinfu@gmail.com> 2010-06-23 21:19:32 PDT ---
Fixed in svn r1692.  The fix will be included in release 2.048.

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