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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1997-04-11 19:09:51 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1997-04-11 19:09:51 (GMT)
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(Jack+Guido:) interpret ../ in basejoin() according to RFC1808.
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diff --git a/Lib/urllib.py b/Lib/urllib.py
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--- a/Lib/urllib.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib.py
@@ -592,6 +592,13 @@ def basejoin(base, url):
else:
# remove last file component
basepath = basepath[:i+1]
+ # Interpret ../ (important because of symlinks)
+ while basepath and path[:3] == '../':
+ path = path[3:]
+ i = string.rfind(basepath, '/')
+ if i > 0:
+ basepath = basepath[:i-1]
+
path = basepath + path
if type and host: return type + '://' + host + path
elif type: return type + ':' + path