#🔒 Representing directory paths, OS-agnostically

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runic gazelle
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Basic question: I'm currently using mydir = "foo/bar/baz" to represent paths to a directory. Is there a better way to store it in an OS-agnostic means than mydir = os.path.join("foo", "bar", "baz") ?

barren aspenBOT
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@runic gazelle

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halcyon sable
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!d pathlib.Path

barren aspenBOT
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pathlib.Path 

class pathlib.Path(*pathsegments)```
A subclass of [`PurePath`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/pathlib.html#pathlib.PurePath), this class represents concrete paths of the system’s path flavour (instantiating it creates either a [`PosixPath`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/pathlib.html#pathlib.PosixPath) or a [`WindowsPath`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/pathlib.html#pathlib.WindowsPath)):

```py
>>> Path('setup.py')
PosixPath('setup.py')
```  *pathsegments* is specified similarly to [`PurePath`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/pathlib.html#pathlib.PurePath).
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