code review 7304043: path/filepath: document that Walk does not follow symlinks

path/filepath: document that Walk does not follow symlinks

Fixes issue 4759.

[rsc, 2013-02-05 03:57:13]

Hello golang-dev@googlegroups.com,

I'd like you to review this change to
https://code.google.com/p/go/

[bradfitz, 2013-02-05 03:58:51]

LGTM
 On Feb 4, 2013 7:57 PM, <rsc@golang.org> wrote:

> Reviewers: golang-dev_googlegroups.com,
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> Hello golang-dev@googlegroups.com,
>
> I'd like you to review this change to
> https://code.google.com/p/go/
>
>
> Description:
> path/filepath: document that Walk does not follow symlinks
>
> Fixes issue 4759.
>
> Please review this at
https://codereview.appspot.**com/7304043/<https://codereview.appspot.com/7304...
>
> Affected files:
>   M src/pkg/path/filepath/path.go
>
>
> Index: src/pkg/path/filepath/path.go
> ==============================**==============================**=======
> --- a/src/pkg/path/filepath/path.**go
> +++ b/src/pkg/path/filepath/path.**go
> @@ -374,6 +374,7 @@
>  // and directories are filtered by walkFn. The files are walked in lexical
>  // order, which makes the output deterministic but means that for very
>  // large directories Walk can be inefficient.
> +// Walk does not follow symbolic links.
>  func Walk(root string, walkFn WalkFunc) error {
>         info, err := os.Lstat(root)
>         if err != nil {
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[rsc, 2013-02-05 03:59:38]

*** Submitted as https://code.google.com/p/go/source/detail?r=e9b5c084d029 ***

path/filepath: document that Walk does not follow symlinks

Fixes issue 4759.

R=golang-dev, bradfitz
CC=golang-dev
https://codereview.appspot.com/7304043