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# 10.12. `macpath` — Mac OS 9 path manipulation functions

This module is the Mac OS 9 (and earlier) implementation of the `os.path` module. It can be used to manipulate old-style Macintosh pathnames on Mac OS X (or any other platform).

The following functions are available in this module: `normcase()`, `normpath()`, `isabs()`, `join()`, `split()`, `isdir()`, `isfile()`, `walk()`, `exists()`. For other functions available in `os.path` dummy counterparts are available.

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