def _normalize_path(path):

    path = path.replace('\\', os.path.sep)
    path = os.path.realpath(path)
    path = path.replace('\\', '/')
    return path
Helper function to validate that ``TimeoutException`` is raised as
dataset/ETHPy150Open google/pywebsocket/mod_pywebsocket/dispatch.py/_normalize_path--crossover with--dataset/ETHPy150Open ClusterHQ/flocker/flocker/node/agents/functional/test_ebs.py/VolumeStateTransitionTests._assert_timeout