Swiss army path function

swiss_army_path.py

import os

def path(*segs):
    """
    CWD and `~` aware path construction. Start a segment with `/` for absolute paths.
    *(Example, on my machine)*
    >>> path('sub', 'dir')
    /Users/jacob/src/tmp/sub/dir
    >>> path('~', 'src', 'project', 'pkg')
    /Users/jacob/src/project/pkg
    """
    cand = os.path.expanduser(os.path.join(*segs))
    if cand[0] != '/':
        cand = os.path.abspath(cand)
    return cand