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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index f3aad19..5d9a170 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -1143,17 +1143,20 @@ Files and Directories Availability: Unix, Windows. -.. function:: makedirs(path[, mode]) +.. function:: makedirs(path[, mode][, exist_ok=False]) .. index:: single: directory; creating single: UNC paths; and os.makedirs() Recursive directory creation function. Like :func:`mkdir`, but makes all - intermediate-level directories needed to contain the leaf directory. Raises - an :exc:`error` exception if the leaf directory already exists or cannot be - created. The default *mode* is ``0o777`` (octal). On some systems, *mode* - is ignored. Where it is used, the current umask value is first masked out. + intermediate-level directories needed to contain the leaf directory. If + the target directory with the same mode as we specified already exists, + raises an :exc:`OSError` exception if *exist_ok* is False, otherwise no + exception is raised. If the directory cannot be created in other cases, + raises an :exc:`OSError` exception. The default *mode* is ``0o777`` (octal). + On some systems, *mode* is ignored. Where it is used, the current umask + value is first masked out. .. note:: @@ -1162,6 +1165,9 @@ Files and Directories This function handles UNC paths correctly. + .. versionadded:: 3.2 + The *exist_ok* parameter. + .. function:: pathconf(path, name) |