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when i give ls -l /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-yes-bitmaps.conf
lrwxrwxrwx <snip> /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-yes-bitmaps.conf -> ../conf.avail/70-yes-bitmaps.conf so for a symbolic link or soft link, how to find the target file's full(absolute path) in python,
If i use
os.readlink('/etc/fonts/conf.d/70-yes-bitmaps.conf')
it outputs
../conf.avail/70-yes-bitmaps.conf
but i need the absolute path not the relative path, so my desired output must be,
/etc/fonts/conf.avail/70-yes-bitmaps.conf
how to replace the .. with the actual full path of the parent directory of the symbolic link or soft link file.
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path. islink() method in Python is used to check whether the given path represents an existing directory entry that is a symbolic link or not. Note: If symbolic links are not supported by the Python runtime then os.
A soft link (also known as Symbolic link) acts as a pointer or a reference to the file name. It does not access the data available in the original file. If the earlier file is deleted, the soft link will be pointing to a file that does not exist anymore. take the same inode number.
To create a symbolic link in Linux, we use the ln command. Executing the command with no options creates a hard link to the specified target file.
os.path.realpath(path) os.path.realpath returns the canonical path of the specified filename, eliminating any symbolic links encountered in the path.
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As unutbu says, os.path.realpath(path) should be the right answer, returning the canonical path of the specified filename, resolving any symbolic links to their targets. But it's broken under Windows.
I've created a patch for Python 3.2 to fix this bug, and uploaded it to:
http://bugs.python.org/issue9949
It fixes the realpath() function in Python32\Lib\ntpath.py
I've also put it on my server, here:
http://www.burtonsys.com/ntpath_fix_issue9949.zip
Unfortunately, the bug is present in Python 2.x, too, and I know of no fix for it there.
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