whatsnew: os.path.ismount recognizes volumes mounted below root.

diff --git a/Doc/library/os.path.rst b/Doc/library/os.path.rst
index b1ad2141f89730179fe61c413ce6f2da0e34cb9e..28e46112847f9d548cc113b88ab67fb2ab2ede69 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst
@@ -194,10 +194,16 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.)
 .. function:: ismount(path)
 
    Return ``True`` if pathname *path* is a :dfn:`mount point`: a point in a file
-   system where a different file system has been mounted.  The function checks
+   system where a different file system has been mounted.  On POSIX, the function checks
    whether *path*'s parent, :file:`path/..`, is on a different device than *path*,
    or whether :file:`path/..` and *path* point to the same i-node on the same
    device --- this should detect mount points for all Unix and POSIX variants.
+   On Windows, a drive letter root and a share UNC are always mount
+   points, and for any other path ``GetVolumePathName`` is called to see if it
+   is different from the input path.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.4
+      Support for detecting non-root mount points on Windows.
 
 
 .. function:: join(path1[, path2[, ...]])

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
index bbeddddcbef5f8885779b4423053e2f1b004f029..e5b79b348236f36ec48d237a5f8be8102e72ad2b 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
@@ -960,6 +960,9 @@ Chaudhari, Victor Stinner, and Charles-François Natali in :issue:`17914`.)
 :func:`os.path.samefile` implementation is now shared between Unix and
 Windows).  (Contributed by Brian Curtin in :issue:`11939`.)
 
+:func:`os.path.ismount` now recognizes volumes mounted below a drive
+root on Windows. (Contributed by Tim Golden in :issue:`9035`.)
+
 
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