Easier handling of file paths in Python

pathprefix.py

# A Python (3) class for more compact path handling.
#
# If you find yourself calling os.path.join() with the same first parameter
# over and over again it can get rather tedious. Instead you can now go:
#
# path = PathPrefix("/some/path")
# file1 = path / "file1"
# sub_file = path / "subdir" / "file2"

class PathPrefix(str):
    def __truediv__(self, other):
        return PathPrefix(os.path.join(self, other))

If for some reason you want to do this in Python 2.x then replace __truediv__ with __div__.