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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/pathlib.rst | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst index 23486b6..9526a03 100644 --- a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst @@ -1008,6 +1008,10 @@ call fails (for example because the path doesn't exist). >>> target.open().read() 'some text' + The target path may be absolute or relative. Relative paths are interpreted + relative to the current working directory, *not* the directory of the Path + object. + .. versionchanged:: 3.8 Added return value, return the new Path instance. @@ -1018,6 +1022,10 @@ call fails (for example because the path doesn't exist). instance pointing to *target*. If *target* points to an existing file or directory, it will be unconditionally replaced. + The target path may be absolute or relative. Relative paths are interpreted + relative to the current working directory, *not* the directory of the Path + object. + .. versionchanged:: 3.8 Added return value, return the new Path instance. |