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[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5370)] on darwin
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>>> path = "/Volumes/Users"
>>> path.lstrip('/Volume')
's/Users'
>>> path.lstrip('/Volumes')
'Users'
>>>
Я ожидаю, что вывод path.lstrip('/Volumes')
должен быть /Users