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| author | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2013-07-12 21:43:11 (GMT) |
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| committer | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2013-07-12 21:43:11 (GMT) |
| commit | ce10fab9f6f1d42519cdeace6ba4bf9653ef2366 (patch) | |
| tree | c7ec907521fff0800682b3cf5ce2e1521e109881 /Doc/library/os.path.rst | |
| parent | 577d4ff6e0c08d6ebd50aa3b4390ede09451f1ba (diff) | |
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#18389: Clarify that relpath does not access the file system.
Initial patch by Madison May.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.path.rst b/Doc/library/os.path.rst index dd3ac85..1d46bf2 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst @@ -234,8 +234,10 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) .. function:: relpath(path, start=None) - Return a relative filepath to *path* either from the current directory or from - an optional *start* point. + Return a relative filepath to *path* either from the current directory or + from an optional *start* directory. This is a path computation: the + filesystem is not accessed to confirm the existence or nature of *path* or + *start*. *start* defaults to :attr:`os.curdir`. |