[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-545388 ] walk() walks aliases

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Bugs item #545388, was opened at 2002-04-17 17:09
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Category: Macintosh
Group: Platform-specific
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Christopher Smith (smichr)
Assigned to: Jack Jansen (jackjansen)
Summary: walk() walks aliases

Initial Comment:
>> macpath.walk() (or actually os.path.walk) is 
explicitly define *not* to
>> do special things for symlinks or aliases. But 
still: the functionality
>> is nice, so maybe we should put it in a new 
function macostools.walk.
>
> By "special things" you don't mean that walk() is 
suppose to skip over
> aliases, do you?

Yes, that's what I mean. Do I understand from your 
comment that it walks 
aliases? That would be a bug, please file it at 
sourceforge.


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I am just filing the above correspondence as a 
reminder that walk() in macpath walks aliases.

/c

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