New submission from Craig Holmquist: os.walk follows Windows junctions even if followlinks is False:
>>> import os >>> appdata = os.environ['LOCALAPPDATA'] >>> for root, dirs, files in os.walk(appdata, followlinks=False): ... print(root) C:\Users\Test\AppData\Local C:\Users\Test\AppData\Local\Apple C:\Users\Test\AppData\Local\Apple\Apple Software Update C:\Users\Test\AppData\Local\Apple Computer C:\Users\Test\AppData\Local\Apple Computer\iTunes C:\Users\Test\AppData\Local\Application Data C:\Users\Test\AppData\Local\Application Data\Apple C:\Users\Test\AppData\Local\Application Data\Apple\Apple Software Update C:\Users\Test\AppData\Local\Application Data\Apple Computer C:\Users\Test\AppData\Local\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes C:\Users\Test\AppData\Local\Application Data\Application Data C:\Users\Test\AppData\Local\Application Data\Application Data\Apple C:\Users\Test\AppData\Local\Application Data\Application Data\Apple\Apple Software Update C:\Users\Test\AppData\Local\Application Data\Application Data\Apple Computer C:\Users\Test\AppData\Local\Application Data\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes C:\Users\Test\AppData\Local\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data C:\Users\Test\AppData\Local\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Apple C:\Users\Test\AppData\Local\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Apple\Apple Software Update C:\Users\Test\AppData\Local\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Apple Computer C:\Users\Test\AppData\Local\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes C:\Users\Test\AppData\Local\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data [...] For directory symbolic links, os.walk seems to have the correct behavior. However, Windows 7 (at least) employs junctions instead of symlinks in situations like the default user profile layout, i.e. the "Application Data" junction shown above. I also noticed that, for junctions, os.path.islink returns False but os.stat and os.lstat return different results. ---------- components: Library (Lib) messages: 235531 nosy: craigh priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: os.walk always follows Windows junctions type: behavior versions: Python 3.4 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue23407> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
