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Author serhiy.storchaka
Recipients eryksun, jo-he, larry, serhiy.storchaka
Date 2019-07-18.07:10:03
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Not always linkat() can be used instead of link(). But on Windows (where there is no linkat()) os.link() creates a new link to the symbolic link itself. This is yet one argument for making follow_symlinks=False by default and changing the default behavior of os.link() on NetBSD.
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Date User Action Args
2019-07-18 07:10:03serhiy.storchakasetrecipients: + serhiy.storchaka, larry, eryksun, jo-he
2019-07-18 07:10:03serhiy.storchakasetmessageid: <1563433803.26.0.55943035657.issue37612@roundup.psfhosted.org>
2019-07-18 07:10:03serhiy.storchakalinkissue37612 messages
2019-07-18 07:10:03serhiy.storchakacreate