Mart Sõmermaa <m...@mrts.pri.ee> added the comment: Aha, got it -- while removing /a/b/c/d, there's no easy way to detect that b or c has become a symlink.
I.e. given directory tree a `-- b |-- c `-- d 1. os.rmdir('/a/b/c') succeeds 2. execution is suspended 3. '/a/b' is made a symlink to a path that contains 'd' 4. '/a/b/d' is neither a symlink, nor has it's inode been recorded, so os.rmdir('/a/b/d') succeeds I'm afraid the solution for the Perl bug is susceptible to the same problem. _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue4489> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com