.. method:: PurePath.is_reserved()
- With :class:`PureWindowsPath`, return True if the path is considered
- reserved under Windows, False otherwise. With :class:`PurePosixPath`,
- False is always returned.
+ With :class:`PureWindowsPath`, return ``True`` if the path is considered
+ reserved under Windows, ``False`` otherwise. With :class:`PurePosixPath`,
+ ``False`` is always returned.
>>> PureWindowsPath('nul').is_reserved()
True
.. method:: PurePath.match(pattern)
- Match this path against the provided glob-style pattern. Return True
- if matching is successful, False otherwise.
+ Match this path against the provided glob-style pattern. Return ``True``
+ if matching is successful, ``False`` otherwise.
If *pattern* is relative, the path can be either relative or absolute,
and matching is done from the right::
.. method:: Path.is_dir()
- Return True if the path points to a directory (or a symbolic link
- pointing to a directory), False if it points to another kind of file.
+ Return ``True`` if the path points to a directory (or a symbolic link
+ pointing to a directory), ``False`` if it points to another kind of file.
- False is also returned if the path doesn't exist or is a broken symlink;
+ ``False`` is also returned if the path doesn't exist or is a broken symlink;
other errors (such as permission errors) are propagated.
.. method:: Path.is_file()
- Return True if the path points to a regular file (or a symbolic link
- pointing to a regular file), False if it points to another kind of file.
+ Return ``True`` if the path points to a regular file (or a symbolic link
+ pointing to a regular file), ``False`` if it points to another kind of file.
- False is also returned if the path doesn't exist or is a broken symlink;
+ ``False`` is also returned if the path doesn't exist or is a broken symlink;
other errors (such as permission errors) are propagated.
.. method:: Path.is_symlink()
- Return True if the path points to a symbolic link, False otherwise.
+ Return ``True`` if the path points to a symbolic link, ``False`` otherwise.
- False is also returned if the path doesn't exist; other errors (such
+ ``False`` is also returned if the path doesn't exist; other errors (such
as permission errors) are propagated.
.. method:: Path.is_socket()
- Return True if the path points to a Unix socket (or a symbolic link
- pointing to a Unix socket), False if it points to another kind of file.
+ Return ``True`` if the path points to a Unix socket (or a symbolic link
+ pointing to a Unix socket), ``False`` if it points to another kind of file.
- False is also returned if the path doesn't exist or is a broken symlink;
+ ``False`` is also returned if the path doesn't exist or is a broken symlink;
other errors (such as permission errors) are propagated.
.. method:: Path.is_fifo()
- Return True if the path points to a FIFO (or a symbolic link
- pointing to a FIFO), False if it points to another kind of file.
+ Return ``True`` if the path points to a FIFO (or a symbolic link
+ pointing to a FIFO), ``False`` if it points to another kind of file.
- False is also returned if the path doesn't exist or is a broken symlink;
+ ``False`` is also returned if the path doesn't exist or is a broken symlink;
other errors (such as permission errors) are propagated.
.. method:: Path.is_block_device()
- Return True if the path points to a block device (or a symbolic link
- pointing to a block device), False if it points to another kind of file.
+ Return ``True`` if the path points to a block device (or a symbolic link
+ pointing to a block device), ``False`` if it points to another kind of file.
- False is also returned if the path doesn't exist or is a broken symlink;
+ ``False`` is also returned if the path doesn't exist or is a broken symlink;
other errors (such as permission errors) are propagated.
.. method:: Path.is_char_device()
- Return True if the path points to a character device (or a symbolic link
- pointing to a character device), False if it points to another kind of file.
+ Return ``True`` if the path points to a character device (or a symbolic link
+ pointing to a character device), ``False`` if it points to another kind of file.
- False is also returned if the path doesn't exist or is a broken symlink;
+ ``False`` is also returned if the path doesn't exist or is a broken symlink;
other errors (such as permission errors) are propagated.
combined with the process' ``umask`` value to determine the file mode
and access flags. If the path already exists, :exc:`OSError` is raised.
- If *parents* is True, any missing parents of this path are created
- as needed. If *parents* is False (the default), a missing parent raises
+ If *parents* is true, any missing parents of this path are created
+ as needed. If *parents* is false (the default), a missing parent raises
:exc:`OSError`.
.. method:: Path.symlink_to(target, target_is_directory=False)
Make this path a symbolic link to *target*. Under Windows,
- *target_is_directory* must be True (default False) if the link's target
+ *target_is_directory* must be true (default ``False``) if the link's target
is a directory. Under POSIX, *target_is_directory*'s value is ignored.
>>> p = Path('mylink')