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| author | Ryan Ozawa <ryan.ozawa21@gmail.com> | 2023-01-09 21:43:09 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2023-01-09 21:43:09 (GMT) |
| commit | e098137cd3250af05f19380590b8dec79dc5942f (patch) | |
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bpo-28356: Document os.rename() behavior on Windows for differing volumes (GH-27376)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index b06f9bb..fb09117 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -2467,6 +2467,8 @@ features: will fail with an :exc:`OSError` subclass in a number of cases: On Windows, if *dst* exists a :exc:`FileExistsError` is always raised. + The operation may fail if *src* and *dst* are on different filesystems. Use + :func:`shutil.move` to support moves to a different filesystem. On Unix, if *src* is a file and *dst* is a directory or vice-versa, an :exc:`IsADirectoryError` or a :exc:`NotADirectoryError` will be raised |