Can I know with Python from Windows if some files that I have access to on a Samba share are "real" files or symbolic links ? I tried os.path.islink but it returns false as the documentation states:
Always False if symbolic links are not supported
Is there any other way ?
I used pysmb to access samba shares from python and I found that according to the MS documentation the (symbolic) link was not taken into account in the protocol specification.
I also tested with smbclient under Linux (Ubuntu) and there is no difference between links and directory.
So this seems to be a limitation of the samba specification.
PS: A project of mine aims to scan recursively a directory structure (samba share), which can loop forever in case of a symbolic link, since I cannot determine if it's a real directory or symbolic link.
