Revert "Normalize paths in testing python scripts"

This reverts commit c8ef390.

Author: asmelko

.github/workflows/tests_cmake.yml

@@ -78,12 +78,12 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Run ${{ matrix.projects.name }} project
       run: |
-        python ${{ github.workspace }}/beta/test_run_sample.py ${{ matrix.projects.binary }} ${{ matrix.projects.config }} ${{ matrix.projects.max_time }}
+        python ${{ github.workspace }}/beta/test_run_sample.py ${{ matrix.projects.binary }} ${{ github.workspace }}/${{ matrix.projects.cwd }}/${{ matrix.projects.config }} ${{ matrix.projects.max_time }}
       working-directory: ${{ matrix.projects.cwd }}
 
     - name: Check ${{ matrix.projects.name }} project simulation results
       if: matrix.projects.validation_output_folder != ''
       run: |
-        python ${{ github.workspace }}/beta/test_diff_svg.py output tests/cases/${{ matrix.projects.validation_output_folder }}
+        python ${{ github.workspace }}/beta/test_diff_svg.py output ${{ github.workspace }}/tests/cases/${{ matrix.projects.validation_output_folder }}
       working-directory: ${{ matrix.projects.cwd }}
 

beta/test_diff_svg.py

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
   print("e.g.:  python test_diff_svg.py ~/blah1 ~/blah2")
   exit(1)
 else:
-   dir1 = os.path.normpath(sys.argv[1])
-   dir2 = os.path.normpath(sys.argv[2])
+   dir1 = sys.argv[1]
+   dir2 = sys.argv[2]
 
 svg_files = glob.glob(f'{dir1}/snap*.svg')
 svg_files.sort()

beta/test_run_sample.py

@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ def disable_automated_spring_adhesions(root):
 def run_sample(myexec, xml_file, max_time):
 
     print("\n\n------------   ",myexec, "   ----------------------------------")
-    # Normalize path to work cross-platform
-    xml_file = os.path.normpath(xml_file)
     # update max_time and omp_num_threads (=1)
     tree = ET.parse(xml_file)
     root = tree.getroot()