python how to skip symlinks when checking folders

Question

I made a script with python that creates placeholders in all empty directories so that they wont get deleted.

The problem with that is: it detects symlinks which I do not want to happen.

and I am getting error like: PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'system/d/'

code:

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import os, glob

dirs = []
paths = ["system", "vendor"]
for path in paths:
    dirs.append(glob.glob(path + '/**/', recursive=True))

for dir in dirs:
    for dir1 in dir:
        if len(os.listdir(dir1)) == 0:
            open(dir1, '.PLACEHOLDER').close()
        else: continue

How do i ignore symlinks

try to check this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11068419/check-if-file-is-symlink-in-python — Sukma Saputra, Jun 01 '20 at 15:05

Roy2012 · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-01T16:02:25.713

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Use os.walk instead of glob, as in:

dirs.append(list(os.walk(path, followlinks=False)))

( Please note that according to the documentation, the default for followLinks is False - so you can omit this argument. )

edited Jun 01 '20 at 16:02

answered Jun 01 '20 at 15:05

Roy2012

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