PathInfo: A file information object in Python

The stat module has a predicate for testing for soft links: S_ISLNK().

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    def isLink ( self ):
        """Predicate to test whether this path is a soft link.

          [ if self represents a soft link ->
              return a true value
            else ->
              return a false value ]
        """
        return  stat.S_ISLNK ( self.mode )