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| author | Senthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com> | 2016-01-22 05:06:47 (GMT) |
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| committer | Senthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com> | 2016-01-22 05:06:47 (GMT) |
| commit | e5c05cc8c0c4bdf9748f8d7d2a39e85793e52af9 (patch) | |
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minor clarification on Zipfile 'x' mode - exclusive creation of a file.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/zipfile.rst b/Doc/library/zipfile.rst index d40315e..e3c2217 100644 --- a/Doc/library/zipfile.rst +++ b/Doc/library/zipfile.rst @@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ ZipFile Objects Open a ZIP file, where *file* can be either a path to a file (a string) or a file-like object. The *mode* parameter should be ``'r'`` to read an existing - file, ``'w'`` to truncate and write a new file, ``'x'`` to exclusive create - and write a new file, or ``'a'`` to append to an existing file. + file, ``'w'`` to truncate and write a new file, ``'a'`` to append to an + existing file, or ``'x'`` to exclusively create and write a new file. If *mode* is ``'x'`` and *file* refers to an existing file, a :exc:`FileExistsError` will be raised. If *mode* is ``'a'`` and *file* refers to an existing ZIP |