Eryk Sun <eryk...@gmail.com> added the comment:
> on Windows (where there is no linkat()) os.link() creates a new link > to the symbolic link itself. Yes, CreateHardLinkW opens the source file by calling NtOpenFile with the option FILE_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT. So the behavior is follow_symlinks=False. Note, however, that Windows has distinct file and directory reparse points, so we can't hardlink to a directory symlink, or any other type of directory reparse point such as a junction mountpoint. In Unix, follow_symlinks=False (if implemented) allows creating a hardlink to a symlink that targets a directory. Also, I noticed that I can pass follow_symlinks=False in Windows, but this should raise NotImplementedError. It's supposed to be checked via follow_symlinks_specified(). ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue37612> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
