On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 9:15 PM, Ilia Mirkin <[email protected]> wrote: > I may be showing signs of idiocy here, but... I don't at all > understand what you're saying. Could you elaborate as to the specific > example you have in mind where open(filename) differs from > open(os.path.realpath(filename))? The example that I have is where > "filename" is a fake symlink generated by the shell (or kernel, not > sure), and dereferencing it is harmful. That's why I've removed the > symlink dereference. In any other instance, open() would just follow > the symlink just like realpath would... > > -ilia
The resolving of the real path is to resolve problems with relative file paths and a system where the piglit's files and folders are read only. _______________________________________________ Piglit mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/piglit
