def fullsplit(path, result=None):
    if result is None:
        result = []
    head, tail = os.path.split(path)
    if head == '':
        return [tail] + result
    if head == path:
        return result
    return fullsplit(head, [tail] + result)

# Tell distutils to put the data_files in platform-specific installation
# locations. See here for an explanation:
# http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/35ec7b2fed36eaec/2105ee4d9e8042cb
Split a pathname into components (the opposite of os.path.join) in a
dataset/ETHPy150Open cloudera/hue/desktop/core/ext-py/django-extensions-1.5.0/setup.py/fullsplit