[ python-Bugs-1682940 ] os.walk should traverse outward symlinks

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Bugs item #1682940, was opened at 2007-03-18 02:42
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Category: Python Library
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Tasci Synx (synx13)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: os.walk should traverse outward symlinks

Initial Comment:
To my dismay, I discovered that os.walk will ignore all symlinks, even symlinks that link to somewhere outside of the directory being walked. So I made a little patch to os.py, I hope you apply it, or some figment thereof.

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