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| author | Richard Oudkerk <shibturn@gmail.com> | 2012-07-06 11:05:32 (GMT) |
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| committer | Richard Oudkerk <shibturn@gmail.com> | 2012-07-06 11:05:32 (GMT) |
| commit | 2240ac1eae2dd8674748239af9c61e5ab4faeb2c (patch) | |
| tree | 9e851d9c9d9df1a377e1fd95ed27a9f29f923313 /Doc/library/os.path.rst | |
| parent | 74de1536810946f82c1e6526fff55646fa119b3d (diff) | |
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Issue #15261: Stop os.stat(fd) crashing on Windows when fd not open.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.path.rst b/Doc/library/os.path.rst index 7821628..20a84b6 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst @@ -70,11 +70,16 @@ applications should use string objects to access all files. .. function:: exists(path) - Return ``True`` if *path* refers to an existing path. Returns ``False`` for - broken symbolic links. On some platforms, this function may return ``False`` if - permission is not granted to execute :func:`os.stat` on the requested file, even + Return ``True`` if *path* refers to an existing path or an open + file descriptor. Returns ``False`` for broken symbolic links. On + some platforms, this function may return ``False`` if permission is + not granted to execute :func:`os.stat` on the requested file, even if the *path* physically exists. + .. versionchanged:: 3.3 + *path* can now be an integer: ``True`` is returned if it is an + open file descriptor, ``False`` otherwise. + .. function:: lexists(path) |