On Sun, Oct 15, 2006, Michael P. Reilly wrote: > > On 10/15/06, Bill Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there a python equivalent of the perl readlink() function > (e.g. one that returns the relative path in cases where a command > such as ``ln -s ls /usr/local/bin/gls'' created the link? > Reading the documentation on the various os.path functions, the > only thing I see returns the fully resolved path rather than the > relative one (/usr/local/bin/ls in the case above). > Bill > > The function is in the os module ([2] > http://docs.python.org/lib/os-file-dir.html).
Silly me. I was looking in the os.path module :-). Thanks. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 ``Unix is simple. It just takes a genius to understand its simplicity'' -- Dennis Ritchie _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
