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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/ntpath.py b/Lib/ntpath.py
index f9ee8e02a57..e93a5e69600 100644
--- a/Lib/ntpath.py
+++ b/Lib/ntpath.py
@@ -276,19 +276,6 @@ def dirname(p):
"""Returns the directory component of a pathname"""
return split(p)[0]
-# Is a path a symbolic link?
-# This will always return false on systems where os.lstat doesn't exist.
-
-def islink(path):
- """Test whether a path is a symbolic link.
- This will always return false for Windows prior to 6.0.
- """
- try:
- st = os.lstat(path)
- except (OSError, ValueError, AttributeError):
- return False
- return stat.S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)
-
# Is a path a junction?
@@ -870,11 +857,13 @@ def commonpath(paths):
try:
- # The genericpath.isdir implementation uses os.stat and checks the mode
- # attribute to tell whether or not the path is a directory.
- # This is overkill on Windows - just pass the path to GetFileAttributes
- # and check the attribute from there.
- from nt import _isdir as isdir
+ # The isdir(), isfile(), islink() and exists() implementations in
+ # genericpath use os.stat(). This is overkill on Windows. Use simpler
+ # builtin functions if they are available.
+ from nt import _path_isdir as isdir
+ from nt import _path_isfile as isfile
+ from nt import _path_islink as islink
+ from nt import _path_exists as exists
except ImportError:
- # Use genericpath.isdir as imported above.
+ # Use genericpath.* as imported above
pass