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Fuji Komalan
Fuji Komalan

Reputation: 2047

why os.path.isfile and os.path.islink return true for a soft link?

I am trying to check whether a file is soft link or regular file. But when i am checking a soft-link using os.path.isfile and os.path.link both functions return True.

In [34]: os.path.isfile('/bin/lessfile')
Out[34]: True

In [35]: os.path.islink('/bin/lessfile')
Out[35]: True

In [36]: ll /bin/lessfile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 8 Apr 29 15:22 /bin/lessfile -> lesspipe*

Is there anything wrong in my code? or i am missing any arguments?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3820

Answers (1)

phd
phd

Reputation: 94838

islink returns True because /bin/lessfile is a link. isfile returns True because the link points to file. Create a link pointing to a directory and test — isfile will return False.

Upvotes: 4

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