Doc: recursive glob ** follows symlinks to directories (GH-12918)

6 years ago · e24594bfe7
1 changed files with 3 additions and 2 deletions
--- a/Doc/library/glob.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/glob.rst
@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ For example, ``'[?]'`` matches the character ``'?'``.
      single: **; in glob-style wildcards

   If *recursive* is true, the pattern "``**``" will match any files and zero or
-   more directories and subdirectories.  If the pattern is followed by an
-   ``os.sep``, only directories and subdirectories match.
+   more directories, subdirectories and symbolic links to directories. If the
+   pattern is followed by an :data:`os.sep` or :data:`os.altsep` then files will not
+   match.

   .. audit-event:: glob.glob pathname,recursive glob.glob