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Tomas Guisasola Gorham wrote:

	I think Peter has summarized the options we have:
* have lfs.attributes() accept an optional argument not to follow links, which is backwards compatible, assuming no redundant arguments are passed; 
  * add a function which doesn't follow links;
* perform stat() aswell as lstat() in lfs.attributes(), which means both modes can be returned. 
	I am not sure what should be done in the last option.  Suppose
`lfs.attributes' performs both `stat' and `lstat'.  What will be the
result of `mode'?
Sorry for the confusion :). I meant for the last option to be compatible with duck's original request, i.e. return a table of mode strings (which could indicate `file', `directory', `link to file', `link to directory', `link to nothing', etc.). I wouldn't personally go this way because I think the user should follow links unless he/she explicitly requests not to (lstat/lattributes). 

 - Peter Odding