pathlib - Object-oriented Filesystem Paths

The pathlib module provides an object-oriented approach to handling filesystem paths. It's the recommended way to work with paths in modern Python code.

📦 Path Classes

• pathlib-path - Concrete path class for the current platform
• pathlib-purepath - Pure path manipulation without I/O
• pathlib-posixpath - POSIX-specific path operations
• pathlib-pureposixpath - Pure POSIX path manipulation
• pathlib-windowspath - Windows-specific path operations
• pathlib-purewindowspath - Pure Windows path manipulation

🔍 Quick Reference

Class	Purpose	When to Use
Path	Platform-specific concrete paths	General file operations
PurePath	Platform-specific pure paths	Path manipulation only
PosixPath	POSIX concrete paths	Unix/Linux file operations
WindowsPath	Windows concrete paths	Windows file operations
PurePosixPath	POSIX pure paths	Unix/Linux path manipulation
PureWindowsPath	Windows pure paths	Windows path manipulation

🚀 Basic Usage

from pathlib import Path

# Create a path
p = Path('documents/script.py')

# Check if file exists
if p.exists():
    print(f"File size: {p.stat().st_size}")
    
# Get parent directory
parent = p.parent

# Join paths
config_file = p.parent / 'config.ini'