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Author	ntkoopman
Recipients	ntkoopman
Date	2007-12-20.08:53:20
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Message-id	<1198140802.03.0.559721880432.issue1669@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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When using rmtree with a symlink to a directory as path, it will first follow the symlink, (try to) remove all the contents of the source directory and then raise the exception "OSError: [Errno 20] Not a directory". Expected behaviour: The function should only raise an exception. If the current behaviour is indeed wanted, it should a least be documented.

When using rmtree with a symlink to a directory as path, it will first
follow the symlink, (try to) remove all the contents of the source
directory and then raise the exception "OSError: [Errno 20] Not a
directory".

Expected behaviour: The function should only raise an exception.

If the current behaviour is indeed wanted, it should a least be documented.

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2007-12-20 08:53:22	ntkoopman	set	spambayes_score: 0.120792 -> 0.12079202 recipients: + ntkoopman
2007-12-20 08:53:22	ntkoopman	set	spambayes_score: 0.120792 -> 0.120792 messageid: <1198140802.03.0.559721880432.issue1669@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2007-12-20 08:53:21	ntkoopman	link	issue1669 messages
2007-12-20 08:53:21	ntkoopman	create