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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/test/test_tempfile.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/test/test_tempfile.py | 21 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py b/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py index 2d29885..f7f5bda 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py @@ -964,6 +964,27 @@ class test_TemporaryDirectory(TC): finally: os.rmdir(dir) + @support.skip_unless_symlink + def test_cleanup_with_symlink_to_a_directory(self): + # cleanup() should not follow symlinks to directories (issue #12464) + d1 = self.do_create() + d2 = self.do_create() + + # Symlink d1/foo -> d2 + os.symlink(d2.name, os.path.join(d1.name, "foo")) + + # This call to cleanup() should not follow the "foo" symlink + d1.cleanup() + + self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(d1.name), + "TemporaryDirectory %s exists after cleanup" % d1.name) + self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(d2.name), + "Directory pointed to by a symlink was deleted") + self.assertEqual(os.listdir(d2.name), ['test.txt'], + "Contents of the directory pointed to by a symlink " + "were deleted") + d2.cleanup() + @support.cpython_only def test_del_on_collection(self): # A TemporaryDirectory is deleted when garbage collected |