[issue1364] os.lstat documentation error

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 6480b23cdf48 by Julien Courteau in branch 'default': merge #1364 http://hg.python.org/distutils2/rev/6480b23cdf48 -- nosy: +python-dev ___ Python tracker _

[issue1364] os.lstat documentation error

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[issue1364] os.lstat documentation error

Georg Brandl added the comment: It is, and this is also documented that way now. __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Uns

[issue1364] os.lstat documentation error

billiejoex added the comment: What about other platforms? I think it should be an alias for all platforms which does not support symbolic links, not only Windows. __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __

[issue1364] os.lstat documentation error

Georg Brandl added the comment: os.lstat is in fact an alias for os.stat on Windows. Corrected the docs in r58745, r58746 (2.5). -- nosy: +georg.brandl resolution: -> fixed status: open -> closed __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[issue1364] os.lstat documentation error

New submission from billiejoex: os module documentation says about lstat(): > lstat( path) > > Like stat(), but do not follow symbolic links. > Availability: Macintosh, Unix. This is not true since os.lstat() is also available under Windows (tested under Win XP sp, Python 2.5). Moreover, w