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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/os.path.rst | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst | 7 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.path.rst b/Doc/library/os.path.rst index 95933f5..3cab7a2 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst @@ -239,12 +239,16 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) .. function:: isabs(path) Return ``True`` if *path* is an absolute pathname. On Unix, that means it - begins with a slash, on Windows that it begins with a (back)slash after chopping - off a potential drive letter. + begins with a slash, on Windows that it begins with two (back)slashes, or a + drive letter, colon, and (back)slash together. .. versionchanged:: 3.6 Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + .. versionchanged:: 3.13 + On Windows, returns ``False`` if the given path starts with exactly one + (back)slash. + .. function:: isfile(path) diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst index 59b9281..05b9b87 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst @@ -307,6 +307,13 @@ os :c:func:`!posix_spawn_file_actions_addclosefrom_np`. (Contributed by Jakub Kulik in :gh:`113117`.) +os.path +------- + +* On Windows, :func:`os.path.isabs` no longer considers paths starting with + exactly one (back)slash to be absolute. + (Contributed by Barney Gale and Jon Foster in :gh:`44626`.) + pathlib ------- |