Eryk Sun added the comment:
dirname() is implemented via split(), which begins by calling splitdrive(). The
'drive' for a UNC path is the r"\\server\share" component. For example:
>>> path = r'\\server\share\folder\file'
>>> os.path.splitdrive(path)
('\\\\server\\share', '\\folder\\file')
>>> os.path.split(path)
('\\\\server\\share\\folder', 'file')
>>> os.path.dirname(path)
'\\\\server\\share\\folder'
If you double the initial slashes, it's no longer a valid UNC path:
>>> path = r'\\\\server\\share\\folder\\file'
>>> os.path.splitdrive(path)
('', '\\\\\\\\server\\\\share\\\\folder\\\\file')
>>> os.path.split(path)
('\\\\\\\\server\\\\share\\\\folder', 'file')
>>> os.path.dirname(path)
'\\\\\\\\server\\\\share\\\\folder'
Windows itself will attempt to handle it as a UNC path, but the path is
invalid. Specifically, before passing the path to the kernel, Windows collapses
all of the extra slashes, except an initial slash count greater than two always
leaves an extra slash in the path. For example:
>>> open(r'\\\\server\\share\\folder\\file')
Breakpoint 0 hit
ntdll!NtCreateFile:
00007ffb`a1f25b70 4c8bd1 mov r10,rcx
0:000> !obja @r8
Obja +00000049781ef160 at 00000049781ef160:
Name is \??\UNC\\server\share\folder\file
OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE
Notice the extra backlash in "UNC\\server". Thus a valid UNC path must start
with exactly two slashes.
Using forward slash is generally fine. The Windows API substitutes backslash
for slash before passing a path to the kernel. For example:
>>> open(r'//server/share/folder/file')
Breakpoint 0 hit
ntdll!NtCreateFile:
00007ffb`a1f25b70 4c8bd1 mov r10,rcx
0:000> !obja @r8
Obja +00000049781ef160 at 00000049781ef160:
Name is \??\UNC\server\share\folder\file
OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE
Except you can't use forward slash with a "\\?\" path, which bypasses normal
path processing. For example:
>>> open(r'\\?\UNC/server/share/folder/file')
Breakpoint 0 hit
ntdll!NtCreateFile:
00007ffb`a1f25b70 4c8bd1 mov r10,rcx
0:000> !obja @r8
Obja +00000049781ef160 at 00000049781ef160:
Name is \??\UNC/server/share/folder/file
OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE
In the kernel '/' isn't a path separator. It's just another name character, so
this looks for a DOS device named "UNC/server/share/folder/file". Microsoft
file systems forbid using slash in names (for POSIX compatibility and to avoid
needless confusion), but you can use slash in the name of kernel objects such
as Event objects, or even in the name of DOS devices defined via
DefineDosDevice.
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