1 files changed, 26 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/genericpath.py b/Lib/genericpath.py
index 1bd5b3897c3..ba7b0a13c7f 100644
--- a/Lib/genericpath.py
+++ b/Lib/genericpath.py
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import os
 import stat
 
 __all__ = ['commonprefix', 'exists', 'getatime', 'getctime', 'getmtime',
-           'getsize', 'isdir', 'isfile', 'islink', 'samefile', 'sameopenfile',
-           'samestat']
+           'getsize', 'isdevdrive', 'isdir', 'isfile', 'isjunction', 'islink',
+           'lexists', 'samefile', 'sameopenfile', 'samestat']
 
 
 # Does a path exist?
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ def exists(path):
     return True
 
 
+# Being true for dangling symbolic links is also useful.
+def lexists(path):
+    """Test whether a path exists.  Returns True for broken symbolic links"""
+    try:
+        os.lstat(path)
+    except (OSError, ValueError):
+        return False
+    return True
+
 # This follows symbolic links, so both islink() and isdir() can be true
 # for the same path on systems that support symlinks
 def isfile(path):
@@ -57,6 +66,21 @@ def islink(path):
     return stat.S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)
 
 
+# Is a path a junction?
+def isjunction(path):
+    """Test whether a path is a junction
+    Junctions are not supported on the current platform"""
+    os.fspath(path)
+    return False
+
+
+def isdevdrive(path):
+    """Determines whether the specified path is on a Windows Dev Drive.
+    Dev Drives are not supported on the current platform"""
+    os.fspath(path)
+    return False
+
+
 def getsize(filename):
     """Return the size of a file, reported by os.stat()."""
     return os.stat(filename).st_size