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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/os.path.rst | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst | 3 |
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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[, ...]]) diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst index bbedddd..e5b79b3 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst @@ -960,6 +960,9 @@ Chaudhari, Victor Stinner, and Charles-François Natali in :issue:`17914`.) :func:`os.path.samefile` implementation is now shared between Unix and Windows). (Contributed by Brian Curtin in :issue:`11939`.) +:func:`os.path.ismount` now recognizes volumes mounted below a drive +root on Windows. (Contributed by Tim Golden in :issue:`9035`.) + pdb --- |