From 067411112950c0cfff767f321fbe97f4d8a64d20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mdipierro <massimo.dipierro@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 14:29:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fixes #1579, thanks Nico

---
 gluon/tools.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gluon/tools.py b/gluon/tools.py
index b5e896ee..ce6db5dc 100644
--- a/gluon/tools.py
+++ b/gluon/tools.py
@@ -5786,6 +5786,9 @@ class Expose(object):
 
     @staticmethod
     def isprivate(f):
+        # remove '/private' prefix to deal with symbolic links on OSX
+        if f.startswith('/private/'):
+            f = f[8:]
         return 'private' in f or f.startswith('.') or f.endswith('~')
 
     @staticmethod