Function lexists

Lib/genericpath.py:27–33

Test whether a path exists. Returns True for broken symbolic links

(path)

# Being true for dangling symbolic links is also useful.
def lexists(path):
    """Test whether a path exists.  Returns True for broken symbolic links"""
    try:
        os.lstat(path)
    except (OSError, ValueError):
        return False
    return True

# This follows symbolic links, so both islink() and isdir() can be true
# for the same path on systems that support symlinks