[issue18306] os.stat gives exception for Windows junctions in v3.3

2013-10-27 Thread John Jefferies
John Jefferies added the comment: Hello Tim, The fact that it works on 64-bit Python obviously reduces the priority. I will make a point of choosing the 64-bit version in the future. FWIW. I'm dubious about the problem being solely attributable to WOWs handling of junctions because my Python

[issue18306] os.stat gives exception for Windows junctions in v3.3

2013-08-01 Thread John Jefferies
John Jefferies added the comment: On 01/08/2013 12:09, Tim Golden wrote: Tim Golden added the comment: I propose to close this one: using Python 3.3 on Win7 I can successfully stat NTFS Junctions. Is there any remaining issue? -- ___ Python

[issue18522] Error creating a raw string of r'\\?\'

2013-07-21 Thread John Jefferies
New submission from John Jefferies: I'm having trouble with a raw string of r'\\?\' as in the following session: a = r'\\?\' File stdin, line 1 a = r'\\?\' ^ SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal which seems like a bug to me. I see

[issue18522] Error creating a raw string of r'\\?\'

2013-07-21 Thread John Jefferies
John Jefferies added the comment: Yes, thankyou; I missed that. Another search reveals the issue has come up under 11451 and 1271 at least. John -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue18522

[issue18306] os.stat gives exception for Windows junctions in v3.3

2013-06-26 Thread John Jefferies
New submission from John Jefferies: If os.stat is executed on a Windows junction with Python 3.3 I see an exception: import os os.stat('C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\SendTo') Traceback (most recent call last): File stdin, line 1, in module FileNotFoundError: [WinError

[issue18306] os.stat gives exception for Windows junctions in v3.3

2013-06-26 Thread John Jefferies
John Jefferies added the comment: On 26/06/2013 13:38, Christian Heimes wrote: Christian Heimes added the comment: On my Windows box (Win 7) I'm getting an error with Python 3.2 and 3.3. It looks like I'm not allowed to enter the parent directory (Zugriff verweigert == Permission Denied