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author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-01-20 14:17:42 (GMT) |
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committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-01-20 14:17:42 (GMT) |
commit | 5235398323aeb40c3fda4ad2daea3beebb6ff11f (patch) | |
tree | 9e5be28b182abe13cb1ba64dad171d694517798f /Lib | |
parent | 56112895d69131ee4f34d4e3e9406614313df57f (diff) | |
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#1669: don't allow shutil.rmtree() to be called on a symlink.
Diffstat (limited to 'Lib')
-rw-r--r-- | Lib/shutil.py | 8 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Lib/test/test_shutil.py | 14 |
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/shutil.py b/Lib/shutil.py index f00f9b7..0a40c57 100644 --- a/Lib/shutil.py +++ b/Lib/shutil.py @@ -156,6 +156,14 @@ def rmtree(path, ignore_errors=False, onerror=None): elif onerror is None: def onerror(*args): raise + try: + if os.path.islink(path): + # symlinks to directories are forbidden, see bug #1669 + raise OSError("Cannot call rmtree on a symbolic link") + except OSError: + onerror(os.path.islink, path, sys.exc_info()) + # can't continue even if onerror hook returns + return names = [] try: names = os.listdir(path) diff --git a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py index ee15d0e..b63031e 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py @@ -149,6 +149,20 @@ class TestShutil(unittest.TestCase): except OSError: pass + def test_rmtree_on_symlink(self): + # bug 1669. + os.mkdir(TESTFN) + try: + src = os.path.join(TESTFN, 'cheese') + dst = os.path.join(TESTFN, 'shop') + os.mkdir(src) + os.symlink(src, dst) + self.assertRaises(OSError, shutil.rmtree, dst) + finally: + shutil.rmtree(TESTFN, ignore_errors=True) + + + def test_main(): test_support.run_unittest(TestShutil) |