[ python-Bugs-1213894 ] os.path.realpath() cannot handle symlinks

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Bugs item #1213894, was opened at 2005-06-03 02:33
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Ilya Sandler (isandler)
>Assigned to: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger)
Summary: os.path.realpath() cannot handle symlinks

Initial Comment:

To reproduce:

Create a link, say to /tmp:

  bagira:~/python> ls -l xxx
  lrwxrwxrwx    1 ilya     ilya            4 2005-06-02
17:09 xxx -> /tmp/

And now:
 
  bagira:~/python> python2.4
  Python 2.4.1 (#2, May  5 2005, 11:32:06) 
  [GCC 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-12)] on linux2
  Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for
more    
   information.
   >>> import os.path
   >>> os.path.realpath("xxx")
   '/home/ilya/python/xxx'

I'd expect realpath() to return "/tmp"

Note: This bug was reported earlier (e.g bug  990669)
but it was closed as fixed



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>Comment By: Reinhold Birkenfeld (birkenfeld)
Date: 2005-06-03 09:58

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Confirmed. Only occurs when the symlink is the first
directory part of the argument. Attaching fix, assigning to
Raymond to check in.

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