Jeffrey Kintscher <websur...@surf2c.net> added the comment:
I uploaded a script illustrating the differences between how Path.resolve(), os.path.abspath(), and os.path.realpath() handle symlinks. As noted by Jendrik, Path.resolve() and os.path.realpath() both resolve symlinks, while os.path.abspath() does not. The documentation needs to be updated. I will generate a pull request. Example run on the master branch: python version: 3.9.0a0 (heads/master-dirty:f69d5c6198, Jul 16 2019, 12:38:41) [Clang 10.0.1 (clang-1001.0.46.4)] ---- tdir1: /var/folders/w7/mxt827716xs7_3wbk3mqwd3h0000gn/T/tmpyj7juuca/foo1 creating tdir1 tdir2: /var/folders/w7/mxt827716xs7_3wbk3mqwd3h0000gn/T/tmpyj7juuca/foo2 creating tdir2 as symlink to tdir1 Path(tdir1).resolve(): /private/var/folders/w7/mxt827716xs7_3wbk3mqwd3h0000gn/T/tmpyj7juuca/foo1 Path(tdir2).resolve(): /private/var/folders/w7/mxt827716xs7_3wbk3mqwd3h0000gn/T/tmpyj7juuca/foo1 os.path.abspath(tdir1): /var/folders/w7/mxt827716xs7_3wbk3mqwd3h0000gn/T/tmpyj7juuca/foo1 os.path.abspath(tdir2): /var/folders/w7/mxt827716xs7_3wbk3mqwd3h0000gn/T/tmpyj7juuca/foo2 os.path.realpath(tdir1): /private/var/folders/w7/mxt827716xs7_3wbk3mqwd3h0000gn/T/tmpyj7juuca/foo1 os.path.realpath(tdir2): /private/var/folders/w7/mxt827716xs7_3wbk3mqwd3h0000gn/T/tmpyj7juuca/foo1 ---------- Added file: https://bugs.python.org/file49333/bpo-41537-test.py _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue41357> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
