windoze.py

import os
import re

import unittest

TEST_PATH="C:\\Users\\Dave\\dev\\my-app\\redis\\data"
GOOD_PATH="/c/Users/Dave/dev/my-app/redis/data"

def unwindowize_path(path):
	drive, path_parts = os.path.split(path)
	parts = re.split("[\\\\]", path_parts) 
	new_path = "/".join(parts)
	new_path = "/" + drive.rstip(":").lower() + new_path
	return new_path

class Tests(unittest.TestCase):

	def testPath(self):
		result = unwindowize_path(TEST_PATH)
		self.assertEqual(GOOD_PATH, result)

if __name__ == '__main__':
	    unittest.main()