Add comment about os.path.walk()'s behavior with symbolic links.

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Steve Holden 2002-08-06 16:07:07 +00:00
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@ -214,4 +214,9 @@ influence the set of directories visited below \var{dirname}, e.g., to
avoid visiting certain parts of the tree. (The object referred to by
\var{names} must be modified in place, using \keyword{del} or slice
assignment.)
Note that symbolic links to directories are not treated as subdirectories,
and that \var{walk} therefore will not visit them. To visit linked
directories you must identify them with \var{os.path.islink(file)} and
\var{os.path.isdir(file)}, and invoke \function{walk()} as necessary.
\end{funcdesc}