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authorBerker Peksag <berker.peksag@gmail.com>2016-07-14 07:45:24 +0300
committerBerker Peksag <berker.peksag@gmail.com>2016-07-14 07:45:24 +0300
commit663dacda4d14b9fe05c14ef1bea07cd61d01909d (patch)
tree0e166c00745694cbb0e88909a8859e7050835db8
parent2162237dbe4c65afc4261e365bffe23a0d40296d (diff)
parent2b8792137bf5e02ee4263822f818b31b68830f4b (diff)
downloadcpython-git-663dacda4d14b9fe05c14ef1bea07cd61d01909d.tar.gz
Issue #27180: Merge from 3.5
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/pathlib.rst5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
index 74c4807b34..737bc8578a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
@@ -900,8 +900,9 @@ call fails (for example because the path doesn't exist):
.. method:: Path.rename(target)
- Rename this file or directory to the given *target*. *target* can be
- either a string or another path object::
+ Rename this file or directory to the given *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::
>>> p = Path('foo')
>>> p.open('w').write('some text')