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| author | Berker Peksag <berker.peksag@gmail.com> | 2016-07-14 04:44:59 (GMT) |
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| committer | Berker Peksag <berker.peksag@gmail.com> | 2016-07-14 04:44:59 (GMT) |
| commit | 2b8792137bf5e02ee4263822f818b31b68830f4b (patch) | |
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Issue #27180: Clarify Path.rename() behavior on Unix systems
Patch by Evelyn Mitchell.
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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/pathlib.rst | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst index f803fb6..57a6a84 100644 --- a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst @@ -891,8 +891,9 @@ call fails (for example because the path doesn't exist): .. method:: Path.rename(target) - Rename this file or directory to the given *target*. *target* can be - either a string or another path object:: + Rename this file or directory to the given *target*. On Unix, if + *target* exists and is a file, it will be replaced silently if the user + has permission. *target* can be either a string or another path object:: >>> p = Path('foo') >>> p.open('w').write('some text') |