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| author | Johannes Gijsbers <jlg@dds.nl> | 2004-08-30 10:19:56 (GMT) |
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| committer | Johannes Gijsbers <jlg@dds.nl> | 2004-08-30 10:19:56 (GMT) |
| commit | ae882f798435266b41a9c8966562102345a3eda5 (patch) | |
| tree | 56f865bf36c127b6702fa53a5ad72daca0fa6570 /Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex | |
| parent | d3f61a2de6a9664dde5f98b5d0acdef7a73948dc (diff) | |
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Patch #941486: add os.path.lexists(). Also fix bug #940578 by using lexists in glob.glob.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex index e79df3e..066a961 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex @@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ half of the pair returned by \code{split(\var{path})}. \begin{funcdesc}{exists}{path} Return \code{True} if \var{path} refers to an existing path. +Returns \code{False} for broken symbolic links. +\end{funcdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{lexists}{path} +Return \code{True} if \var{path} refers to an existing path. +Returns \code{True} for broken symbolic links. +Equivalent to \function{exists()} on platforms lacking +\function{os.lstat()}. +\versionadded{2.4} \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{expanduser}{path} |