diff --git a/python/paddle/dataset/common.py b/python/paddle/dataset/common.py
index 372249e01f66bc39045db3f36238da1500c7738e..2884fa0ce5e3d037fe2e929218da0aa52c1c0d8e 100644
--- a/python/paddle/dataset/common.py
+++ b/python/paddle/dataset/common.py
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ __all__ = [
     'cluster_files_reader',
 ]
 
-DATA_HOME = os.path.expanduser('~/.cache/paddle/dataset')
+HOME = os.path.expanduser('~')
+DATA_HOME = os.path.join(HOME, '.cache', 'paddle', 'dataset')
 
 
 # When running unit tests, there could be multiple processes that
diff --git a/python/paddle/tests/test_download.py b/python/paddle/tests/test_download.py
index 6fb53573c21a1589e474e337d058294c09f65f38..b8af7f6a80e72148a4f793a4de2188d3cc7a8b69 100644
--- a/python/paddle/tests/test_download.py
+++ b/python/paddle/tests/test_download.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import unittest
 
 from paddle.utils.download import get_weights_path_from_url
+from paddle.utils.download import get_path_from_url
 
 
 class TestDownload(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -57,6 +58,18 @@ class TestDownload(unittest.TestCase):
         for url in urls:
             self.download(url, None)
 
+    def test_get_path_from_url(self):
+        urls = [
+            "https://paddle-hapi.bj.bcebos.com/unittest/files.tar",
+            "https://paddle-hapi.bj.bcebos.com/unittest/files.zip",
+            "https://paddle-hapi.bj.bcebos.com/unittest/single_dir.tar",
+            "https://paddle-hapi.bj.bcebos.com/unittest/single_dir.zip",
+            "https://paddle-hapi.bj.bcebos.com/unittest/single_file.tar",
+            "https://paddle-hapi.bj.bcebos.com/unittest/single_file.zip",
+        ]
+        for url in urls:
+            get_path_from_url(url, root_dir='./test')
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/python/paddle/utils/download.py b/python/paddle/utils/download.py
index 7ba208574353fa32d1e6f1a36ca1c24956909cf1..c5c7de678edee4dc510383a09bfec4c8fbf80950 100644
--- a/python/paddle/utils/download.py
+++ b/python/paddle/utils/download.py
@@ -335,8 +335,16 @@ def _is_a_single_file(file_list):
 
 
 def _is_a_single_dir(file_list):
-    file_name = file_list[0].split(os.sep)[0]
-    for i in range(1, len(file_list)):
-        if file_name != file_list[i].split(os.sep)[0]:
+    new_file_list = []
+    for file_path in file_list:
+        if '/' in file_path:
+            file_path = file_path.replace('/', os.sep)
+        elif '\\' in file_path:
+            file_path = file_path.replace('\\', os.sep)
+        new_file_list.append(file_path)
+
+    file_name = new_file_list[0].split(os.sep)[0]
+    for i in range(1, len(new_file_list)):
+        if file_name != new_file_list[i].split(os.sep)[0]:
             return False
     return True