Index: Lib/javapath.py
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--- Lib/javapath.py	(revision 3226)
+++ Lib/javapath.py	(working copy)
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 """
 
 # Incompletely implemented:
-# islink -- How?
 # ismount -- How?
 # normcase -- How?
 
@@ -140,13 +139,10 @@
     return prefix
 
 def islink(path):
-    """Test whether a path is a symbolic link.
+    """Test whether a path is a symbolic link."""
+    path = _tostr(path, "islink")
+    return _abspath(path) != _realpath(path)
 
-    XXX This incorrectly always returns false under JDK.
-
-    """
-    return 0
-
 def samefile(path, path2):
     """Test whether two pathnames reference the same actual file"""
     path = _tostr(path, "samefile")