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diff --git a/Doc/faq/windows.rst b/Doc/faq/windows.rst index 68a1b5c..84e3ff4 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/windows.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/windows.rst @@ -464,13 +464,13 @@ to console subprocesses which are designed to handle those signals. See Why does os.path.isdir() fail on NT shared directories? ------------------------------------------------------- -The solution appears to be always append the "\\" on the end of shared -drives. +In order to work correctly, :func:`os.path.isdir` requires a ``"\\"`` at the +end of the shared drive:: >>> import os - >>> os.path.isdir( '\\\\rorschach\\public') + >>> os.path.isdir('\\\\rorschach\\public') 0 - >>> os.path.isdir( '\\\\rorschach\\public\\') + >>> os.path.isdir('\\\\rorschach\\public\\') 1 It helps to think of share points as being like drive letters. Example:: @@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ It helps to think of share points as being like drive letters. Example:: k:\media is a directory k:\media\ is not a directory -The same rules apply if you substitute "k:" with "\\conky\foo":: +The same rules apply if you substitute ``"k:"`` with ``"\\conky\foo"``:: \\conky\foo is not a directory \\conky\foo\ is a directory |