Commit bbf7a407 authored by Fred Drake's avatar Fred Drake

Added note about non-support of UNC paths on Windows.

This fixes SF bug #465447.
parent b387860c
...@@ -634,7 +634,8 @@ Recursive directory creation function. Like \function{mkdir()}, ...@@ -634,7 +634,8 @@ Recursive directory creation function. Like \function{mkdir()},
but makes all intermediate-level directories needed to contain the but makes all intermediate-level directories needed to contain the
leaf directory. Throws an \exception{error} exception if the leaf leaf directory. Throws an \exception{error} exception if the leaf
directory already exists or cannot be created. The default \var{mode} directory already exists or cannot be created. The default \var{mode}
is \code{0777} (octal). is \code{0777} (octal). This function does not properly handle UNC
paths (only relevant on Windows systems).
\versionadded{1.5.2} \versionadded{1.5.2}
\end{funcdesc} \end{funcdesc}
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...@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ ...@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
This module implements some useful functions on pathnames. This module implements some useful functions on pathnames.
\index{path!operations} \index{path!operations}
\strong{Warning:} On Windows, many of these functions do not properly
support UNC pathnames. \function{splitunc()} and \function{ismount()}
do handle them correctly.
\begin{funcdesc}{abspath}{path} \begin{funcdesc}{abspath}{path}
Return a normalized absolutized version of the pathname \var{path}. Return a normalized absolutized version of the pathname \var{path}.
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