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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index 6d4fb04..8bbb2ec 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -2023,9 +2023,10 @@ features: Create a symbolic link pointing to *source* named *link_name*. On Windows, a symlink represents either a file or a directory, and does not - morph to the target dynamically. If *target_is_directory* is set to ``True``, - the symlink will be created as a directory symlink, otherwise as a file symlink - (the default). On non-Window platforms, *target_is_directory* is ignored. + morph to the target dynamically. If the target is present, the type of the + symlink will be created to match. Otherwise, the symlink will be created + as a directory if *target_is_directory* is ``True`` or a file symlink (the + default) otherwise. On non-Window platforms, *target_is_directory* is ignored. Symbolic link support was introduced in Windows 6.0 (Vista). :func:`symlink` will raise a :exc:`NotImplementedError` on Windows versions earlier than 6.0. @@ -2041,6 +2042,7 @@ features: to the administrator level. Either obtaining the privilege or running your application as an administrator are ways to successfully create symlinks. + :exc:`OSError` is raised when the function is called by an unprivileged user. |