New submission from Benjamin Ward <[email protected]>:
I have python.org's Python27 installed on my laptop. In my Documnets/tmp
folder/directory I created three "directories" (see below) and performed
os.path.islink() on all three.
in cmd window: (not dir output and prompt have be been shortened)
*\Documents\tmp>dir
Volume in drive C is OS
Volume Serial Number is B2BB-F7DA
Directory of *\Documents\tmp
...
12/14/2018 12:37 PM <DIR> isDir
12/14/2018 12:37 PM <JUNCTION> isDirJunction
[C:\Users\benjward\Documents\tmp\isDir]
12/14/2018 12:39 PM <SYMLINKD> isDirSymbolicLink [isDir]
...
*** using system installed python.org python 2.7
*\Documents\tmp>where python
C:\Python27\python.exe
python
Python 2.7.15 (v2.7.15:ca079a3ea3, Apr 30 2018, 16:30:26) [MSC v.1500 64 bit
(AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import os
>>> os.path.islink('isDir')
False
>>> os.path.islink('isDirJunction')
False
>>> os.path.islink('isDirSymlink')
False
>>>
*** but ..., using cygwin64 installation of python 2.7
*\Documents\tmp>C:\cygwin64\bin\python2.7
Python 2.7.14 (default, Oct 31 2017, 21:12:13)
[GCC 6.4.0] on cygwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import os
>>> os.path.islink('isDir')
False
>>> os.path.islink('isDirJunction')
True
>>> os.path.islink('isDirSymlink')
True
>>>
The latter result is what I was expecting. Granted, my cygwin python is 2.7.14
and system installation is 2.7.15, but is it likely that a capability was lost?
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messages: 331871
nosy: bward
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: os.path.islink() works with cygwin installation but not python.org
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7
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