[issue13734] Add a generic directory walker method to avoid symlink attacks

[Benjamin Peterson]

Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org> added the comment:

2012/5/12 Charles-François Natali <report at bugs.python.org>:
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> Charles-François Natali <neologix at free.fr> added the comment:
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>> It would be nice if the documentation of fwalk() explained why you would
>> want to use it over walk().
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> How does the attached patch look?

Okay, but explain what a "symlink attack" is.

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