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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.path.rst b/Doc/library/os.path.rst index 57a6bcad22..3771ab06f5 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst @@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ Functions such as :func:`expanduser` and :func:`expandvars` can be invoked explicitly when an application desires shell-like path expansion. (See also the :mod:`glob` module.) + +.. seealso:: + The :mod:`pathlib` module offers high-level path objects. + + .. note:: All of these functions accept either only bytes or only string objects as @@ -42,7 +47,6 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) * :mod:`posixpath` for UNIX-style paths * :mod:`ntpath` for Windows paths * :mod:`macpath` for old-style MacOS paths - * :mod:`os2emxpath` for OS/2 EMX paths .. function:: abspath(path) @@ -189,11 +193,17 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) .. function:: ismount(path) - Return ``True`` if pathname *path* is a :dfn:`mount point`: a point in a file - system where a different file system has been mounted. The function checks - whether *path*'s parent, :file:`path/..`, is on a different device than *path*, - or whether :file:`path/..` and *path* point to the same i-node on the same - device --- this should detect mount points for all Unix and POSIX variants. + Return ``True`` if pathname *path* is a :dfn:`mount point`: a point in a + file system where a different file system has been mounted. On POSIX, the + function checks whether *path*'s parent, :file:`path/..`, is on a different + device than *path*, or whether :file:`path/..` and *path* point to the same + i-node on the same device --- this should detect mount points for all Unix + and POSIX variants. On Windows, a drive letter root and a share UNC are + always mount points, and for any other path ``GetVolumePathName`` is called + to see if it is different from the input path. + + .. versionadded:: 3.4 + Support for detecting non-root mount points on Windows. .. function:: join(path1[, path2[, ...]]) @@ -247,18 +257,17 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) .. function:: samefile(path1, path2) Return ``True`` if both pathname arguments refer to the same file or directory. - On Unix, this is determined by the device number and i-node number and raises an + This is determined by the device number and i-node number and raises an exception if a :func:`os.stat` call on either pathname fails. - On Windows, two files are the same if they resolve to the same final path - name using the Windows API call GetFinalPathNameByHandle. This function - raises an exception if handles cannot be obtained to either file. - Availability: Unix, Windows. .. versionchanged:: 3.2 Added Windows support. + .. versionchanged:: 3.4 + Windows now uses the same implementation as all other platforms. + .. function:: sameopenfile(fp1, fp2) @@ -277,7 +286,10 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) :func:`os.lstat`, or :func:`os.stat`. This function implements the underlying comparison used by :func:`samefile` and :func:`sameopenfile`. - Availability: Unix. + Availability: Unix, Windows. + + .. versionchanged:: 3.4 + Added Windows support. .. function:: split(path) |