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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2001-09-17 15:16:09 +0000
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2001-09-17 15:16:09 +0000
commit83eeef4b067b7182778581c9fdfb104492647bd4 (patch)
treec2edf75165c4ae1d928954315ee4fb83545fa9f7 /Lib/macpath.py
parent3065c94f373ed32922374a04923f21d41ca0a726 (diff)
downloadcpython-git-83eeef4b067b7182778581c9fdfb104492647bd4.tar.gz
SF patch #461781 by Chris Lawrence: os.path.realpath - Resolve symlinks:
Once upon a time, I put together a little function that tries to find the canonical filename for a given pathname on POSIX. I've finally gotten around to turning it into a proper patch with documentation. On non-POSIX, I made it an alias for 'abspath', as that's the behavior on POSIX when no symlinks are encountered in the path. Example: >>> os.path.realpath('/usr/bin/X11/X') '/usr/X11R6/bin/X'
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diff --git a/Lib/macpath.py b/Lib/macpath.py
index 46ae76488e..1ef35ef11b 100644
--- a/Lib/macpath.py
+++ b/Lib/macpath.py
@@ -225,3 +225,6 @@ def abspath(path):
if not isabs(path):
path = join(os.getcwd(), path)
return normpath(path)
+
+# realpath is a no-op on systems without islink support
+realpath = abspath