stat.S_ISLNK and os.path.islink

[Michael Hudson]

Andrew MacKeith <mackeith at hks.com> writes:

> Has anyone seen 
> 
>     os.path.islink(path)
>  
> return a different result to 
> 
>     stat.S_ISLNK(os.stat(path)[stat.ST_MODE])
> ?
> 
> The directory in question is a symbolic link.

os.stat follows symbolic links!  Try os.lstat instead.

Cheers,
M.

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