[issue36621] shutil.rmtree follows junctions on windows

Jordan Hueckstaedt report at bugs.python.org
Fri Apr 12 16:35:45 EDT 2019


New submission from Jordan Hueckstaedt <assumptionsoup at gmail.com>:

shutil.rmtree follows junctions / reparse points on windows and will delete files in the target link directory.

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components: IO, Windows
messages: 340111
nosy: Jordan Hueckstaedt, paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: shutil.rmtree follows junctions on windows
versions: Python 2.7

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