File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/IPython/config/__init__.py", line 16, in <module> from .application import * File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 31, in <module> from IPython.config.configurable import SingletonConfigurable File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/IPython/config/configurable.py", line 33, in <module> from IPython.utils.text import indent, wrap_paragraphs File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/IPython/utils/text.py", line 28, in <module> from IPython.external.path import path File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/IPython/external/path/__init__.py", line 2, in <module> from path import * File "/home/jhammel/python/path.py", line 25 print root(path) ^

import os
import shutil
import tempfile

tmpd = tempfile.mkdtemp()
try:
    sub = os.path.join(tmpd, 'sub')
    link = os.path.join(tmpd, 'link')
    subsub = os.path.join(sub, 'sub')
    os.makedirs(sub)
    os.symlink(tmpd, link)
    os.symlink(tmpd, subsub)

    for item in os.walk(tmpd, followlinks=True):
        print item
finally:
    shutil.rmtree(tmpd)