Patches item #1273829, was opened at 2005-08-26 07:21 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by gbrandl You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=305470&aid=1273829&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: None Group: None >Status: Closed >Resolution: Accepted Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: Erick Tryzelaar (idadesub) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: extending os.walk to support following symlinks Initial Comment: this is a very simple extension to os.walk to optionally walk down into symlink directories, when it is supported by the operating system. This patch keeps a compatible interface by having this option disabled. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Georg Brandl (gbrandl) Date: 2007-03-16 08:22 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=849994 Originator: NO Added docs and tests and committed in rev. 54407. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Stephen Hansen (aptshansen) Date: 2007-03-16 07:34 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1720594 Originator: NO I'm not sure if this is a good idea; although I am certain it would be useful at times. Dangerous! But if its documented, ... and there's our problem :) Patch applies cleanly to the HEAD, but needs documentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Georg Brandl (birkenfeld) Date: 2005-08-26 08:23 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1188172 The docs to os.walk say: """ Note: On systems that support symbolic links, links to subdirectories appear in dirnames lists, but walk() will not visit them (infinite loops are hard to avoid when following symbolic links). To visit linked directories, you can identify them with os.path.islink(path), and invoke walk(path) on each directly. """ Nevertheless, we could offer this option with a caution message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=305470&aid=1273829&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Patches mailing list Patches@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/patches
