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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index 7d2ec60..69dd5c4 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -1741,8 +1741,11 @@ features: Recursive directory creation function. Like :func:`mkdir`, but makes all intermediate-level directories needed to contain the leaf directory. - The *mode* parameter is passed to :func:`mkdir`; see :ref:`the mkdir() - description <mkdir_modebits>` for how it is interpreted. + The *mode* parameter is passed to :func:`mkdir` for creating the leaf + directory; see :ref:`the mkdir() description <mkdir_modebits>` for how it + is interpreted. To set the file permission bits of any newly-created parent + directories you can set the umask before invoking :func:`makedirs`. The + file permission bits of existing parent directories are not changed. If *exist_ok* is ``False`` (the default), an :exc:`OSError` is raised if the target directory already exists. @@ -1767,6 +1770,10 @@ features: .. versionchanged:: 3.6 Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + .. versionchanged:: 3.7 + The *mode* argument no longer affects the file permission bits of + newly-created intermediate-level directories. + .. function:: mkfifo(path, mode=0o666, *, dir_fd=None) |