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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index 64e04be..959c18c 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -1175,7 +1175,8 @@ Files and Directories Create a directory named *path* with numeric mode *mode*. The default *mode* is ``0777`` (octal). On some systems, *mode* is ignored. Where it is used, the - current umask value is first masked out. + current umask value is first masked out. If the directory already exists, + :exc:`OSError` is raised. It is also possible to create temporary directories; see the :mod:`tempfile` module's :func:`tempfile.mkdtemp` function. |