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| author | Johannes Gijsbers <jlg@dds.nl> | 2004-08-14 14:41:32 (GMT) |
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| committer | Johannes Gijsbers <jlg@dds.nl> | 2004-08-14 14:41:32 (GMT) |
| commit | b112d6ed78327404d5cb5d3f4ee6ffb7db70d695 (patch) | |
| tree | e370843816570bb7d4f6452b1b9081926cf0b097 /Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex | |
| parent | 9d134b7386933da18abd0c24c5c783d80fd66011 (diff) | |
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bug 990669: os.path.normpath may alter the meaning of a path if it contains
symbolic links. This has been documented in a comment since 1992, but is now in
the library reference as well.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex index aa790e7..e79df3e 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex @@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ Normalize a pathname. This collapses redundant separators and up-level references, e.g. \code{A//B}, \code{A/./B} and \code{A/foo/../B} all become \code{A/B}. It does not normalize the case (use \function{normcase()} for that). On Windows, it converts -forward slashes to backward slashes. +forward slashes to backward slashes. It should be understood that this may +change the meaning of the path if it contains symbolic links! \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{realpath}{path} |