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| author | Barney Gale <barney.gale@gmail.com> | 2024-04-10 17:17:18 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2024-04-10 17:17:18 (GMT) |
| commit | 630df37116b1c5b381984c547ef9d23792ceb464 (patch) | |
| tree | 35a80caf614d9ee2d9b2076004ecc2c996b459e1 /Doc/library/os.path.rst | |
| parent | 6bc0b33a91713ee62fd1860d28b19cb620c45971 (diff) | |
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GH-117546: Fix symlink resolution in `os.path.realpath('loop/../link')` (#117568)
Continue resolving symlink targets after encountering a symlink loop, which
matches coreutils `realpath` behaviour.
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.path.rst b/Doc/library/os.path.rst index fcf4b6d..ebeb3bb 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst @@ -409,9 +409,8 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) style names such as ``C:\\PROGRA~1`` to ``C:\\Program Files``. If a path doesn't exist or a symlink loop is encountered, and *strict* is - ``True``, :exc:`OSError` is raised. If *strict* is ``False``, the path is - resolved as far as possible and any remainder is appended without checking - whether it exists. + ``True``, :exc:`OSError` is raised. If *strict* is ``False`` these errors + are ignored, and so the result might be missing or otherwise inaccessible. .. note:: This function emulates the operating system's procedure for making a path |