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SF patch #461781 by Chris Lawrence: os.path.realpath - Resolve symlinks:

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Once upon a time, I put together a little function
   that tries to find the canonical filename for a given
   pathname on POSIX. I've finally gotten around to
   turning it into a proper patch with documentation.
   On non-POSIX, I made it an alias for 'abspath', as
   that's the behavior on POSIX when no symlinks are
   encountered in the path.

   Example:
   >>> os.path.realpath('/usr/bin/X11/X')
   '/usr/X11R6/bin/X'
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@ -137,6 +137,13 @@ case (use \function{normcase()} for that). On Windows, it converts
forward slashes to backward slashes.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{realpath}{path}
Return the canonical path of the specified filename, eliminating any
symbolic links encountered in the path.
Availability: \UNIX{}.
\versionadded{2.2}
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{samefile}{path1, path2}
Return true if both pathname arguments refer to the same file or
directory (as indicated by device number and i-node number).