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@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ Functions such as :func:`expanduser` and :func:`expandvars` can be invoked
explicitly when an application desires shell-like path expansion. (See also
the :mod:`glob` module.)
+
+.. seealso::
+ The :mod:`pathlib` module offers high-level path objects.
+
+
.. note::
All of these functions accept either only bytes or only string objects as
@@ -42,7 +47,6 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.)
* :mod:`posixpath` for UNIX-style paths
* :mod:`ntpath` for Windows paths
* :mod:`macpath` for old-style MacOS paths
- * :mod:`os2emxpath` for OS/2 EMX paths
.. function:: abspath(path)
@@ -250,15 +254,14 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.)
On Unix, this is determined by the device number and i-node number and raises an
exception if a :func:`os.stat` call on either pathname fails.
- On Windows, two files are the same if they resolve to the same final path
- name using the Windows API call GetFinalPathNameByHandle. This function
- raises an exception if handles cannot be obtained to either file.
-
Availability: Unix, Windows.
.. versionchanged:: 3.2
Added Windows support.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.4
+ Windows now uses the same implementation as all other platforms.
+
.. function:: sameopenfile(fp1, fp2)
@@ -277,7 +280,10 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.)
:func:`os.lstat`, or :func:`os.stat`. This function implements the
underlying comparison used by :func:`samefile` and :func:`sameopenfile`.
- Availability: Unix.
+ Availability: Unix, Windows.
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.4
+ Added Windows support.
.. function:: split(path)