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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/pathlib.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/pathlib.py | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/pathlib.py b/Lib/pathlib.py index c69089f..dee19d1 100644 --- a/Lib/pathlib.py +++ b/Lib/pathlib.py @@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ class _PreciseSelector(_Selector): def _select_from(self, parent_path, is_dir, exists, scandir): try: path = parent_path._make_child_relpath(self.name) - if (is_dir if self.dironly else exists)(path): + follow = is_dir(path) if self.dironly else exists(path, follow_symlinks=False) + if follow: for p in self.successor._select_from(path, is_dir, exists, scandir): yield p except PermissionError: @@ -1122,12 +1123,15 @@ class Path(PurePath): # Convenience functions for querying the stat results - def exists(self): + def exists(self, *, follow_symlinks=True): """ Whether this path exists. + + This method normally follows symlinks; to check whether a symlink exists, + add the argument follow_symlinks=False. """ try: - self.stat() + self.stat(follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks) except OSError as e: if not _ignore_error(e): raise |