From 3c2a1e7f4af3c5c54e04dfe9ac3a68d2351b00fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Miss Islington (bot)" <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 15:44:07 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] [3.10] gh-72073: Add Windows case in pathlib.rename (GH-93002) (GH-93029) GH-72073 https://docs.python.org/3.12/library/pathlib.htmlGH-pathlib.Path.rename (cherry picked from commit f51ed04c663417f88e10eeb21dad23250358bafa) Co-authored-by: Stanley <46876382+slateny@users.noreply.github.com> Automerge-Triggered-By: GH:brettcannon --- Doc/library/pathlib.rst | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst index f036d811924..004f671b033 100644 --- a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst @@ -1018,8 +1018,9 @@ call fails (for example because the path doesn't exist). Rename this file or directory to the given *target*, and return a new Path instance pointing to *target*. On Unix, if *target* exists and is a file, - it will be replaced silently if the user has permission. *target* can be - either a string or another path object:: + it will be replaced silently if the user has permission. + On Windows, if *target* exists, :exc:`FileExistsError` will be raised. + *target* can be either a string or another path object:: >>> p = Path('foo') >>> p.open('w').write('some text') -- GitLab