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-rw-r--r-- | Lib/posixpath.py | 11 |
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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. |