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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.path.rst b/Doc/library/os.path.rst index bf0dface7e..406054e5d7 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst @@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) platforms, this is equivalent to calling the function :func:`normpath` as follows: ``normpath(join(os.getcwd(), path))``. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + .. function:: basename(path) @@ -71,6 +74,9 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) ``'/foo/bar/'`` returns ``'bar'``, the :func:`basename` function returns an empty string (``''``). + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + .. function:: commonpath(paths) @@ -83,6 +89,9 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) .. versionadded:: 3.5 + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a sequence of :term:`path-like objects <path-like object>`. + .. function:: commonprefix(list) @@ -104,12 +113,18 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) >>> os.path.commonpath(['/usr/lib', '/usr/local/lib']) '/usr' + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + .. function:: dirname(path) Return the directory name of pathname *path*. This is the first element of the pair returned by passing *path* to the function :func:`split`. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + .. function:: exists(path) @@ -123,6 +138,9 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) *path* can now be an integer: ``True`` is returned if it is an open file descriptor, ``False`` otherwise. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + .. function:: lexists(path) @@ -130,6 +148,9 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) broken symbolic links. Equivalent to :func:`exists` on platforms lacking :func:`os.lstat`. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + .. function:: expanduser(path) @@ -151,6 +172,9 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) If the expansion fails or if the path does not begin with a tilde, the path is returned unchanged. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + .. function:: expandvars(path) @@ -162,6 +186,9 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) On Windows, ``%name%`` expansions are supported in addition to ``$name`` and ``${name}``. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + .. function:: getatime(path) @@ -182,6 +209,9 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) If :func:`os.stat_float_times` returns ``True``, the result is a floating point number. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + .. function:: getctime(path) @@ -191,12 +221,18 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) the :mod:`time` module). Raise :exc:`OSError` if the file does not exist or is inaccessible. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + .. function:: getsize(path) Return the size, in bytes, of *path*. Raise :exc:`OSError` if the file does not exist or is inaccessible. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + .. function:: isabs(path) @@ -204,24 +240,36 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) begins with a slash, on Windows that it begins with a (back)slash after chopping off a potential drive letter. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + .. function:: isfile(path) Return ``True`` if *path* is an existing regular file. This follows symbolic links, so both :func:`islink` and :func:`isfile` can be true for the same path. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + .. function:: isdir(path) Return ``True`` if *path* is an existing directory. This follows symbolic links, so both :func:`islink` and :func:`isdir` can be true for the same path. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + .. function:: islink(path) Return ``True`` if *path* refers to a directory entry that is a symbolic link. Always ``False`` if symbolic links are not supported by the Python runtime. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + .. function:: ismount(path) @@ -237,6 +285,9 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) .. versionadded:: 3.4 Support for detecting non-root mount points on Windows. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + .. function:: join(path, *paths) @@ -255,13 +306,20 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) ``os.path.join("c:", "foo")`` represents a path relative to the current directory on drive :file:`C:` (:file:`c:foo`), not :file:`c:\\foo`. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object` for *path* and *paths*. + .. function:: normcase(path) Normalize the case of a pathname. On Unix and Mac OS X, this returns the path unchanged; on case-insensitive filesystems, it converts the path to lowercase. On Windows, it also converts forward slashes to backward slashes. - Raise a TypeError if the type of *path* is not ``str`` or ``bytes``. + Raise a TypeError if the type of *path* is not ``str`` or ``bytes`` (directly + or indirectly through the :class:`os.PathLike` interface). + + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. .. function:: normpath(path) @@ -272,12 +330,18 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) that contains symbolic links. On Windows, it converts forward slashes to backward slashes. To normalize case, use :func:`normcase`. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + .. function:: realpath(path) Return the canonical path of the specified filename, eliminating any symbolic links encountered in the path (if they are supported by the operating system). + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + .. function:: relpath(path, start=os.curdir) @@ -290,6 +354,9 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) Availability: Unix, Windows. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + .. function:: samefile(path1, path2) @@ -305,6 +372,9 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) .. versionchanged:: 3.4 Windows now uses the same implementation as all other platforms. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + .. function:: sameopenfile(fp1, fp2) @@ -315,6 +385,9 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) .. versionchanged:: 3.2 Added Windows support. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + .. function:: samestat(stat1, stat2) @@ -328,6 +401,9 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) .. versionchanged:: 3.4 Added Windows support. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + .. function:: split(path) @@ -341,6 +417,9 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) (but the strings may differ). Also see the functions :func:`dirname` and :func:`basename`. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + .. function:: splitdrive(path) @@ -359,6 +438,9 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) and share, up to but not including the fourth separator. e.g. ``splitdrive("//host/computer/dir")`` returns ``("//host/computer", "/dir")`` + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + .. function:: splitext(path) @@ -367,6 +449,9 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) period. Leading periods on the basename are ignored; ``splitext('.cshrc')`` returns ``('.cshrc', '')``. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + .. function:: splitunc(path) |