In python, how can I test if a path is a symbolic link? I’m sure it has to do with the os package, but my searching of the documentation text didn’t yield a result. I’m using version 2.7 at the moment.
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In python, how can I test if a path is a symbolic link? I’m sure it has to do with the os package, but my searching of the documentation text didn’t yield a result. I’m using version 2.7 at the moment.
Close, but no cigar. You want the os.path module. Check out
os.path.islink().