New submission from Craig Sawyer csaw...@yumaed.org:
we have os.path.abspath() and os.path.realpath(). the difference according to
the documentation is realpath() returns the physical path (i.e. no symlinks in
the path). while abspath() uses getcwd() but because of POSIX.1-2008 (IEEE Std
Antoine Pitrou pit...@free.fr added the comment:
while abspath() uses getcwd() but because of POSIX.1-2008 (IEEE Std
1003.1-2008) says os.getcwd() returns without symbolic links as well,
so os.path.abspath() == os.path.realpath() near as I can tell.
Just because getcwd() doesn't contain any
Craig Sawyer csaw...@yumaed.org added the comment:
Antoine,
I see your point about getcwd() not having symlinks, doesn't mean any path
outside of getcwd() might have symlinks, and I agree this is true. I apologize.
As for which one to choose, it should choose based on PWD (i.e. the current
