Python: how to check if a subpath path

Question

Suppose I have the following paths:

/tmp/a
/tmp/abc
/tmp/abc/d/my_file.py

How can I check if a /tmp/abc/d/my_file.pysubpath is /tmp/abc? I tried:

file_path.startswith(dir_path)

But it returns Truefor the directory /tmp/a, my_file.pynot in it.

Answer 1

try the following: file_path.startswith(os.path.abspath(dir_path)+os.sep)

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