'Check for symlink support usable for Twisted\'s purposes.
@return: C{True} if symlinks are supported on the current platform,
otherwise C{False}.
@rtype: L{bool}'

def _supportsSymlinks(self):

    if self.isWindows():
        return False
    else:
        try:
            os.symlink
        except AttributeError:
            return False
        else:
            return True
