Splitting python path using os.path module

Avoid using "/" at the end of the directory paths as they would generate empty filename when used with functions like os.path.split()


>>> import os
>>> os.path.split('/tmp/foo')
('/tmp', 'foo')
>>> os.path.split('/tmp/foo/')
('/tmp/foo', '')

Reference: https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.path.html