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+#
+# Based on standard python library functions but avoid
+# repeated stat calls. Its assumed the files will not change from under us
+# so we can cache stat calls.
+#
+
+import os
+import errno
+import stat as statmod
+
+class CachedPath(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.statcache = {}
+        self.lstatcache = {}
+        self.normpathcache = {}
+        return
+
+    def updatecache(self, x):
+        x = self.normpath(x)
+        if x in self.statcache:
+            del self.statcache[x]
+        if x in self.lstatcache:
+            del self.lstatcache[x]
+
+    def normpath(self, path):
+        if path in self.normpathcache:
+            return self.normpathcache[path]
+        newpath = os.path.normpath(path)
+        self.normpathcache[path] = newpath
+        return newpath
+
+    def _callstat(self, path):
+        if path in self.statcache:
+            return self.statcache[path]
+        try:
+            st = os.stat(path)
+            self.statcache[path] = st
+            return st
+        except os.error:
+            self.statcache[path] = False
+            return False
+
+    # We might as well call lstat and then only 
+    # call stat as well in the symbolic link case
+    # since this turns out to be much more optimal
+    # in real world usage of this cache
+    def callstat(self, path):
+        path = self.normpath(path)
+        self.calllstat(path)
+        return self.statcache[path]
+
+    def calllstat(self, path):
+        path = self.normpath(path)
+        if path in self.lstatcache:
+            return self.lstatcache[path]
+        #bb.error("LStatpath:" + path)
+        try:
+            lst = os.lstat(path)
+            self.lstatcache[path] = lst
+            if not statmod.S_ISLNK(lst.st_mode):
+                self.statcache[path] = lst
+            else:
+                self._callstat(path)
+            return lst
+        except (os.error, AttributeError):
+            self.lstatcache[path] = False
+            self.statcache[path] = False
+            return False
+
+    # This follows symbolic links, so both islink() and isdir() can be true
+    # for the same path ono systems that support symlinks
+    def isfile(self, path):
+        """Test whether a path is a regular file"""
+        st = self.callstat(path)
+        if not st:
+            return False
+        return statmod.S_ISREG(st.st_mode)
+
+    # Is a path a directory?
+    # This follows symbolic links, so both islink() and isdir()
+    # can be true for the same path on systems that support symlinks
+    def isdir(self, s):
+        """Return true if the pathname refers to an existing directory."""
+        st = self.callstat(s)
+        if not st:
+            return False
+        return statmod.S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)
+
+    def islink(self, path):
+        """Test whether a path is a symbolic link"""
+        st = self.calllstat(path)
+        if not st:
+            return False
+        return statmod.S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)
+
+    # Does a path exist?
+    # This is false for dangling symbolic links on systems that support them.
+    def exists(self, path):
+        """Test whether a path exists.  Returns False for broken symbolic links"""
+        if self.callstat(path):
+            return True
+        return False
+
+    def lexists(self, path):
+        """Test whether a path exists.  Returns True for broken symbolic links"""
+        if self.calllstat(path):
+            return True
+        return False
+
+    def stat(self, path):
+        return self.callstat(path)
+
+    def lstat(self, path):
+        return self.calllstat(path)
+
+    def walk(self, top, topdown=True, onerror=None, followlinks=False):
+        # Matches os.walk, not os.path.walk()
+
+        # We may not have read permission for top, in which case we can't
+        # get a list of the files the directory contains.  os.path.walk
+        # always suppressed the exception then, rather than blow up for a
+        # minor reason when (say) a thousand readable directories are still
+        # left to visit.  That logic is copied here.
+        try:
+            names = os.listdir(top)
+        except os.error as err:
+            if onerror is not None:
+                onerror(err)
+            return
+
+        dirs, nondirs = [], []
+        for name in names:
+            if self.isdir(os.path.join(top, name)):
+                dirs.append(name)
+            else:
+                nondirs.append(name)
+
+        if topdown:
+            yield top, dirs, nondirs
+        for name in dirs:
+            new_path = os.path.join(top, name)
+            if followlinks or not self.islink(new_path):
+                for x in self.walk(new_path, topdown, onerror, followlinks):
+                    yield x
+        if not topdown:
+            yield top, dirs, nondirs
+
+    ## realpath() related functions
+    def __is_path_below(self, file, root):
+        return (file + os.path.sep).startswith(root)
+
+    def __realpath_rel(self, start, rel_path, root, loop_cnt, assume_dir):
+        """Calculates real path of symlink 'start' + 'rel_path' below
+        'root'; no part of 'start' below 'root' must contain symlinks. """
+        have_dir = True
+
+        for d in rel_path.split(os.path.sep):
+            if not have_dir and not assume_dir:
+                raise OSError(errno.ENOENT, "no such directory %s" % start)
+
+            if d == os.path.pardir: # '..'
+                if len(start) >= len(root):
+                    # do not follow '..' before root
+                    start = os.path.dirname(start)
+                else:
+                    # emit warning?
+                    pass
+            else:
+                (start, have_dir) = self.__realpath(os.path.join(start, d),
+                                                    root, loop_cnt, assume_dir)
+
+            assert(self.__is_path_below(start, root))
+
+        return start
+
+    def __realpath(self, file, root, loop_cnt, assume_dir):
+        while self.islink(file) and len(file) >= len(root):
+            if loop_cnt == 0:
+                raise OSError(errno.ELOOP, file)
+
+            loop_cnt -= 1
+            target = os.path.normpath(os.readlink(file))
+    
+            if not os.path.isabs(target):
+                tdir = os.path.dirname(file)
+                assert(self.__is_path_below(tdir, root))
+            else:
+                tdir = root
+
+            file = self.__realpath_rel(tdir, target, root, loop_cnt, assume_dir)
+
+        try:
+            is_dir = self.isdir(file)
+        except:
+            is_dir = False
+
+        return (file, is_dir)
+
+    def realpath(self, file, root, use_physdir = True, loop_cnt = 100, assume_dir = False):
+        """ Returns the canonical path of 'file' with assuming a
+        toplevel 'root' directory. When 'use_physdir' is set, all
+        preceding path components of 'file' will be resolved first;
+        this flag should be set unless it is guaranteed that there is
+        no symlink in the path. When 'assume_dir' is not set, missing
+        path components will raise an ENOENT error"""
+
+        root = os.path.normpath(root)
+        file = os.path.normpath(file)
+
+        if not root.endswith(os.path.sep):
+            # letting root end with '/' makes some things easier
+            root = root + os.path.sep
+
+        if not self.__is_path_below(file, root):
+            raise OSError(errno.EINVAL, "file '%s' is not below root" % file)
+
+        try:
+            if use_physdir:
+                file = self.__realpath_rel(root, file[(len(root) - 1):], root, loop_cnt, assume_dir)
+            else:
+                file = self.__realpath(file, root, loop_cnt, assume_dir)[0]
+        except OSError as e:
+            if e.errno == errno.ELOOP:
+                # make ELOOP more readable; without catching it, there will
+                # be printed a backtrace with 100s of OSError exceptions
+                # else
+                raise OSError(errno.ELOOP,
+                              "too much recursions while resolving '%s'; loop in '%s'" %
+                              (file, e.strerror))
+
+            raise
+
+        return file