New submission from Mor Haviv <morhavi...@gmail.com>: I uploaded this as a question on Stack Overflow and I suspect it might be a bug. Here is the link for the Stack Overflow question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46608731/python-os-path-isdir-returns-true-for-dots/46608842#46608842
The problem itself (copied from what I uploaded on Stack Overflow): I'm programming my own shell in python. Right now I'm trying to implement the `cd` command to my shell. The function that performs this command has several variables: `self.current_dir = "C:\\"` - The default value, it changes depends on the user's input using the cd command `dir = "..."` - The requested directory that the user types. "..." is an example for an input that causes the problem. Here is my code: def command_cd(self, dir): if os.path.isdir(self.shell.current_dir + dir): self.shell.current_dir = self.shell.current_dir + dir + "\\" The problem is that for some strange reason, `os.path.isdir(self.shell.current_dir + dir)` returns `True` when the user types dots (Just like the example inputs for the variables which I gave above). The problem occurs even if you change the amount of dots (even above 5 dots) and I really have no idea what causes it. There's obviously no folder named `...` or anything like it. **If my problem isn't clear enough please comment and I'll edit it** ---------- components: Windows messages: 303827 nosy: morha13, paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: os.path.isdir returns true for dots type: behavior versions: Python 2.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue31716> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com