Accepts a :term:`path-like object`.
-.. function:: basename(path)
+.. function:: basename(path, /)
Return the base name of pathname *path*. This is the second element of the
pair returned by passing *path* to the function :func:`split`. Note that
Accepts a :term:`path-like object`.
-.. function:: isabs(path)
+.. function:: isabs(path, /)
Return ``True`` if *path* is an absolute pathname. On Unix, that means it
begins with a slash, on Windows that it begins with two (back)slashes, or a
Accepts a :term:`path-like object`.
-.. function:: isdir(path)
+.. function:: isdir(path, /)
Return ``True`` if *path* is an :func:`existing <exists>` directory. This
follows symbolic links, so both :func:`islink` and :func:`isdir` can be true
Accepts a :term:`path-like object` for *path* and *paths*.
-.. function:: normcase(path)
+.. function:: normcase(path, /)
Normalize the case of a pathname. On Windows, convert all characters in the
pathname to lowercase, and also convert forward slashes to backward slashes.
Added Windows support.
-.. function:: split(path)
+.. function:: split(path, /)
Split the pathname *path* into a pair, ``(head, tail)`` where *tail* is the
last pathname component and *head* is everything leading up to that. The
Accepts a :term:`path-like object`.
-.. function:: splitdrive(path)
+.. function:: splitdrive(path, /)
Split the pathname *path* into a pair ``(drive, tail)`` where *drive* is either
a mount point or the empty string. On systems which do not use drive
Accepts a :term:`path-like object`.
-.. function:: splitroot(path)
+.. function:: splitroot(path, /)
Split the pathname *path* into a 3-item tuple ``(drive, root, tail)`` where
*drive* is a device name or mount point, *root* is a string of separators
.. versionadded:: 3.12
-.. function:: splitext(path)
+.. function:: splitext(path, /)
Split the pathname *path* into a pair ``(root, ext)`` such that ``root + ext ==
path``, and the extension, *ext*, is empty or begins with a period and contains at