On Aug 28, 10:20 pm, Fredrik Lundh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Do you mean the following is deprecated ? > >http://docs.python.org/lib/module-stat.html > > >>From the documentation - > > > S_ISLNK( mode) > > Return non-zero if the mode is from a symbolic link. > > As that page states, that's a function used to interpret a mode flag > returned by os.stat, os.fstat, or os.lstat. It obviously won't give you > the result you're looking for if you use a stat function that *follows* > symbolic links. > > </F>
Thank you Fredrick and Miles, stat() is on the actual file and not on the symlink. That explains. -Saswat -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
