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> On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 09:43 +0000, James Harper wrote:
> > I think target isn't always a file. It can be a scsi ID like 0:1:2:3.
> > I think it can be other types of specifier too.
> 
> OK. So perhaps:
> 
> if os.path.islink(target):
> 	target = os.path.realpath(target)
> 

I guess. I know it's a long shot but what if there was a symlink called 0:1:2:3? While that is unlikely, there might be other incantations used by vscsi that could ambiguously be the filename of a symlink or not. I'd be happier if realpath was only used if an absolute path was specified. Who's going to want to specify a relative path anyway... what would it be relative to?

James