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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libglob.tex | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex | 9 |
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libglob.tex b/Doc/lib/libglob.tex index 5c1de807bb..0d0d712b84 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libglob.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libglob.tex @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ which must be a string containing a path specification. \var{pathname} can be either absolute (like \file{/usr/src/Python-1.5/Makefile}) or relative (like \file{../../Tools/*/*.gif}), and can contain shell-style wildcards. +Broken symlinks are included in the results (as in the shell). \end{funcdesc} For example, consider a directory containing only the following files: diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex index e79df3e744..066a9616fa 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex @@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ half of the pair returned by \code{split(\var{path})}. \begin{funcdesc}{exists}{path} Return \code{True} if \var{path} refers to an existing path. +Returns \code{False} for broken symbolic links. +\end{funcdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{lexists}{path} +Return \code{True} if \var{path} refers to an existing path. +Returns \code{True} for broken symbolic links. +Equivalent to \function{exists()} on platforms lacking +\function{os.lstat()}. +\versionadded{2.4} \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{expanduser}{path} |