[issue29635] os.chdir() acts like `cd -P` by default, it should offer an option to not follow symlinks

[R. David Murray]

R. David Murray added the comment:

The function is chdir, not cd.  The 'cd' man page says that 'cd -P' should "perform actions equivalent to the chdir() function".

So, you are asking for a different function, which should *not* be named 'os.chdir'.  You'll have to make a case for it being useful enough to add.

The same applies to getcwd, which is also a wrapper for the posix function, not an emulation of the shell's pwd.

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components: +Library (Lib) -Interpreter Core
nosy: +r.david.murray
versions:  -Python 2.7, Python 3.3, Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.6

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