Double symlinking breaks module import
Andrew Dalke
adalke at mindspring.com
Sat Aug 23 23:41:28 EDT 2003
Csaba Henk:
> But
> if I create another symlink myprog3.py -> myprog2.py, and then I invoke
> myprog3.py, I get compliances that mymod is not found.
>
> Is it a bug or policy?
Python uses the normal file open functions, which automatically
follow links. It doesn't build in the link following code itself.
I suspect your symlink points to the wrong place. Can you
cat the file?
Andrew
dalke at dalkescientific.com
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