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diff --git a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst index faff3bc..a6d99d4 100644 --- a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst @@ -1306,9 +1306,9 @@ call fails (for example because the path doesn't exist). If *exist_ok* is false (the default), :exc:`FileExistsError` is raised if the target directory already exists. - If *exist_ok* is true, :exc:`FileExistsError` exceptions will be - ignored (same behavior as the POSIX ``mkdir -p`` command), but only if the - last path component is not an existing non-directory file. + If *exist_ok* is true, :exc:`FileExistsError` will not be raised unless the given + path already exists in the file system and is not a directory (same + behavior as the POSIX ``mkdir -p`` command). .. versionchanged:: 3.5 The *exist_ok* parameter was added. |