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this relies on a requirement that is not part of my (2.7.12) stdlib; i almost deleted it. instead, i will keep for fun and note the requirement for further research
author Jeff Hammel <k0scist@gmail.com>
date Fri, 28 Oct 2016 17:09:04 -0700
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#!/usr/bin/env python

"""
(filesystem) path utilities

from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12041525/a-system-independent-way-using-python-to-get-the-root-directory-drive-on-which-p
"""

import os

def is_root(path):
    """is `path` the filesystem root"""
    return not os.path.split(path)[1]

def root(path):
    """return filesystem root of path"""
    path = os.path.abspath(path)
    while not is_root(path):
        path, tail = os.path.split(path)
    return path

if __name__ == '__main__':
    import sys
    for path in sys.argv[1:]:
        print root(path)