From e24594bfe75aff3e654665cb940ddc4d4acffd2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marc Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 10:17:05 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Doc: recursive glob ** follows symlinks to directories (GH-12918) --- Doc/library/glob.rst | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/glob.rst b/Doc/library/glob.rst index 96584437cef..92a8c4d1eb8 100644 --- a/Doc/library/glob.rst +++ b/Doc/library/glob.rst @@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ For example, ``'[?]'`` matches the character ``'?'``. single: **; in glob-style wildcards If *recursive* is true, the pattern "``**``" will match any files and zero or - more directories and subdirectories. If the pattern is followed by an - ``os.sep``, only directories and subdirectories match. + more directories, subdirectories and symbolic links to directories. If the + pattern is followed by an :data:`os.sep` or :data:`os.altsep` then files will not + match. .. audit-event:: glob.glob pathname,recursive glob.glob