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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_stat.py11
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_stat.py b/Lib/test/test_stat.py
index 8de5f36..eb3f07a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_stat.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_stat.py
@@ -58,8 +58,11 @@ class TestFilemode(unittest.TestCase):
pass
tearDown = setUp
- def get_mode(self, fname=TESTFN):
- st_mode = os.lstat(fname).st_mode
+ def get_mode(self, fname=TESTFN, lstat=True):
+ if lstat:
+ st_mode = os.lstat(fname).st_mode
+ else:
+ st_mode = os.stat(fname).st_mode
modestr = stat.filemode(st_mode)
return st_mode, modestr
@@ -149,13 +152,13 @@ class TestFilemode(unittest.TestCase):
@unittest.skipUnless(os.name == 'posix', 'requires Posix')
def test_devices(self):
if os.path.exists(os.devnull):
- st_mode, modestr = self.get_mode(os.devnull)
+ st_mode, modestr = self.get_mode(os.devnull, lstat=False)
self.assertEqual(modestr[0], 'c')
self.assertS_IS("CHR", st_mode)
# Linux block devices, BSD has no block devices anymore
for blockdev in ("/dev/sda", "/dev/hda"):
if os.path.exists(blockdev):
- st_mode, modestr = self.get_mode(blockdev)
+ st_mode, modestr = self.get_mode(blockdev, lstat=False)
self.assertEqual(modestr[0], 'b')
self.assertS_IS("BLK", st_mode)
break