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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex index 4bbb5b6..d195447 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex @@ -214,4 +214,9 @@ influence the set of directories visited below \var{dirname}, e.g., to avoid visiting certain parts of the tree. (The object referred to by \var{names} must be modified in place, using \keyword{del} or slice assignment.) + +Note that symbolic links to directories are not treated as subdirectories, +and that \var{walk} therefore will not visit them. To visit linked +directories you must identify them with \var{os.path.islink(file)} and +\var{os.path.isdir(file)}, and invoke \function{walk()} as necessary. \end{funcdesc} |