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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst index 93758e9..0294e9a 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst @@ -808,6 +808,21 @@ A new :func:`os.memfd_create` function was added to wrap the ``memfd_create()`` syscall. (Contributed by Zackery Spytz and Christian Heimes in :issue:`26836`.) +On Windows, much of the manual logic for handling reparse points (including +symlinks and directory junctions) has been delegated to the operating system. +Specifically, :func:`os.stat` will now traverse anything supported by the +operating system, while :func:`os.lstat` will only open reparse points that +identify as "name surrogates" while others are opened as for :func:`os.stat`. +In all cases, :attr:`stat_result.st_mode` will only have ``S_IFLNK`` set for +symbolic links and not other kinds of reparse points. To identify other kinds +of reparse point, check the new :attr:`stat_result.st_reparse_tag` attribute. + +On Windows, :func:`os.readlink` is now able to read directory junctions. Note +that :func:`~os.path.islink` will return ``False`` for directory junctions, +and so code that checks ``islink`` first will continue to treat junctions as +directories, while code that handles errors from :func:`os.readlink` may now +treat junctions as links. + os.path ------- @@ -824,6 +839,9 @@ characters or bytes unrepresentable at the OS level. environment variable and does not use :envvar:`HOME`, which is not normally set for regular user accounts. +:func:`~os.path.isdir` on Windows no longer returns true for a link to a +non-existent directory. + :func:`~os.path.realpath` on Windows now resolves reparse points, including symlinks and directory junctions. @@ -912,6 +930,9 @@ format for new archives to improve portability and standards conformance, inherited from the corresponding change to the :mod:`tarfile` module. (Contributed by C.A.M. Gerlach in :issue:`30661`.) +:func:`shutil.rmtree` on Windows now removes directory junctions without +recursively removing their contents first. + ssl --- |