magic.from_file(file) generate "File Not Found" exception when file is a linux (symbolic) link
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Description
On a Linux/Ubuntu platform, if file is a symbolic link, magic.from_file(file) will throw a FileNotFoundError, instead of detecting that file is a link (inode/symlink).
So far, the only workaround I found is to embed the code containing the magic.from_file(file) line into a try/except block, and catch the exception.
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Start by reproducing the magic.from_file(file) behavior on Linux/Ubuntu with a symbolic link. Trace the magic.from_file entry point and determine how symlink paths are handled; done means the reported link case no longer raises FileNotFoundError and has a regression test.
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- linux, python
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- operating-systems
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- Bug
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- 3/5
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- 1-2 days
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