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diff --git a/Lib/posixpath.py b/Lib/posixpath.py
index 1a25934..b29eedc 100644
--- a/Lib/posixpath.py
+++ b/Lib/posixpath.py
@@ -174,6 +174,17 @@ def exists(path):
return True
+# Being true for dangling symbolic links is also useful.
+
+def lexists(path):
+ """Test whether a path exists. Returns True for broken symbolic links"""
+ try:
+ st = os.lstat(path)
+ except os.error:
+ return False
+ return True
+
+
# Is a path a directory?
# This follows symbolic links, so both islink() and isdir() can be true
# for the same path.