Merge pull request #86 from LuminosoInsight/realpath

Use os.path.realpath, not os.path.abspath, to detect output filename collision.
rspeer · Jan 8, 2018 · bdc6f22 · bdc6f22
2 parents 680b4f8 + 27e78b1
commit bdc6f22
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diff --git a/ftfy/cli.py b/ftfy/cli.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def main():
     if args.output == '-':
         outfile = sys.stdout
     else:
-        if os.path.abspath(args.output) == os.path.abspath(args.filename):
+        if os.path.realpath(args.output) == os.path.realpath(args.filename):
             sys.stderr.write(SAME_FILE_ERROR_TEXT)
             sys.exit(1)
         outfile = open(args.output, 'w', encoding='utf-8')