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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:

def _is_valid_relpath(
        relpath,
        maxdepth=None):
    '''
    Performs basic sanity checks on a relative path.

    Requires POSIX-compatible paths (i.e. the kind obtained through
    cp.list_master or other such calls).

    Ensures that the path does not contain directory transversal, and
    that it does not exceed a stated maximum depth (if specified).
    '''
    # Check relpath surrounded by slashes, so that `..` can be caught as
    # a path component at the start, end, and in the middle of the path.
    sep, pardir = posixpath.sep, posixpath.pardir
    if sep + pardir + sep in sep + relpath + sep:
        return False

    # Check that the relative path's depth does not exceed maxdepth
    if maxdepth is not None:
        path_depth = relpath.strip(sep).count(sep)
        if path_depth > maxdepth:
            return False

    return True