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| author | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2014-02-22 21:31:26 (GMT) |
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| committer | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2014-02-22 21:31:26 (GMT) |
| commit | 928924d1a1c9603a576cfefa747df762381d3c7b (patch) | |
| tree | 002a69bce9e2d5987d35e3c065eea95e9c46192f /Doc/library | |
| parent | 237fda2984f1e5032936895ad95089abc4a88473 (diff) | |
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whatsnew: os.path.ismount recognizes volumes mounted below root.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.path.rst b/Doc/library/os.path.rst index b1ad214..28e4611 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst @@ -194,10 +194,16 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) .. function:: ismount(path) Return ``True`` if pathname *path* is a :dfn:`mount point`: a point in a file - system where a different file system has been mounted. The function checks + system where a different file system has been mounted. On POSIX, the function checks whether *path*'s parent, :file:`path/..`, is on a different device than *path*, or whether :file:`path/..` and *path* point to the same i-node on the same device --- this should detect mount points for all Unix and POSIX variants. + On Windows, a drive letter root and a share UNC are always mount + points, and for any other path ``GetVolumePathName`` is called to see if it + is different from the input path. + + .. versionadded:: 3.4 + Support for detecting non-root mount points on Windows. .. function:: join(path1[, path2[, ...]]) |