[New-bugs-announce] [issue42957] os.readlink produces wrong result on windows

[simon mackenzie]

New submission from simon mackenzie <simonm3 at gmail.com>:

os.readlink gives wrong result on python 3.8 onwards for windows

os.readlink("c:/users/simon/v1")
'\\\\?\\d:\\v1'

Should read d:\\v1

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components: Windows
messages: 385218
nosy: paul.moore, simon mackenzie, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: os.readlink produces wrong result on windows
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.8, Python 3.9

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