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The Transport API in bzrlib provides URL based access to network resources.
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   >>> import os
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   >>> import sys
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   >>> from bzrlib.osutils import getcwd, dirname
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   >>> from bzrlib.urlutils import local_path_from_url
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   >>> import bzrlib.transport as transport
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   >>> if sys.platform == 'win32':
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   ...     root = transport.get_transport('file:///C:/')
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   ... else:
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   ...     root = transport.get_transport('file:///')
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   >>>
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Each Transport instance represents a single logical directory.
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   >>> dir = transport.get_transport(".")
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   >>> local_path_from_url(dir.base) == getcwd() + '/'
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   True
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You can change directories via the clone method:
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   >>> parent = dir.clone('..')
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   >>> local_path_from_url(parent.base) == (dirname(getcwd()).rstrip('/') + '/')
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   True