New submission from Jason R. Coombs <jar...@jaraco.com>: On Python 2.6 and Python 2.7a, calling ntpath.realpath(os.devnull) returns '\\\\nul' (two backslashes followed by nul), which is not a valid filename.
This appears to have been fixed in Python 3.1, as on 3.1.1, ntpath.realpath(os.devnull) returns '\\\\.\\nul' which apparently is the absolute path to the NULL file handle. ---------- components: Windows messages: 100314 nosy: jaraco severity: normal status: open title: ntpath.realpath munges os.devnull versions: Python 2.6, Python 2.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue8043> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
