Results from os.path.islink and os.stat S_ISLNK do not match

[npatters]

BPO	4553
Nosy	@tiran
Files	demo.txt: Interactive session output

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closed_at = <Date 2008-12-05.22:14:12.581>
created_at = <Date 2008-12-05.22:12:26.887>
labels = ['type-bug', 'invalid']
title = 'Results from os.path.islink and os.stat S_ISLNK do not match'
updated_at = <Date 2008-12-05.22:14:12.567>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/npatters'

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creator = 'npatters'
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issue_num = 4553
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'not a bug'
stage = None
status = 'closed'
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type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue4553'
versions = ['Python 2.5']

[npatters]

See attached file, os.path.islink correctly identifies symlinks as
symlinks, but S_ISLNK is not reporting them as such.

[tiran]

The behavior is correct. You want os.lstat, not os.stat.
http://docs.python.org/library/os.html#os.lstat