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Title:	Results from os.path.islink and os.stat S_ISLNK do not match
Type:	behavior	Stage:
Components:	None	Versions:	Python 2.5

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Status:	closed	Resolution:	not a bug
Dependencies:		Superseder:
Assigned To:		Nosy List:	christian.heimes, npatters
Priority:	normal	Keywords:

Created on 2008-12-05 22:12 by npatters, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (2)
msg77079 - (view)	Author: Nicholas Patterson (npatters)	Date: 2008-12-05 22:12
See attached file, os.path.islink correctly identifies symlinks as symlinks, but S_ISLNK is not reporting them as such.
msg77080 - (view)	Author: Christian Heimes (christian.heimes) *	Date: 2008-12-05 22:14
The behavior is correct. You want os.lstat, not os.stat. http://docs.python.org/library/os.html#os.lstat