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| author | Barney Gale <barney.gale@gmail.com> | 2024-11-05 18:43:43 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2024-11-05 18:43:43 (GMT) |
| commit | ff8349979c2ca4e442afc583e1217519611c6c48 (patch) | |
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GH-124985: Document that `pathlib.Path.copy()` uses copy-on-write. (#125861)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst index b6fb365..a42ac1f 100644 --- a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst @@ -1592,6 +1592,11 @@ Copying, moving and deleting This argument has no effect when copying files on Windows (where metadata is always preserved). + .. note:: + Where supported by the operating system and file system, this method + performs a lightweight copy, where data blocks are only copied when + modified. This is known as copy-on-write. + .. versionadded:: 3.14 |