def sanitise(self, pathName: str) -> str:
        """ Sanitise

        Clean unwanted characters from the pathName string.

        @param pathName: Path name variable.
        @type pathName: String
        @return: Path name as string.
        """

        assert isinstance(pathName, str)
        assert '..' not in pathName
        assert not pathName.endswith(os.sep)

        while pathName.startswith(os.sep):
            pathName = pathName[1:]

        return pathName
Sanitise

        Clean unwanted characters from the pathName string.

        @param pathName: Path name variable.
        @type pathName: String
        @return: Path name as string.