From: Serhiy Storchaka Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 08:55:40 +0000 (+0200) Subject: bpo-29707: Document that os.path.ismount() is not able to reliable detect bind mounts... X-Git-Tag: v3.8.0a1~96 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=32ebd8508d4807a7c85d2ed8e9c3b44ecd6de591;p=python bpo-29707: Document that os.path.ismount() is not able to reliable detect bind mounts. (GH-11238) --- diff --git a/Doc/library/os.path.rst b/Doc/library/os.path.rst index 23194aee66..ebbf63cc35 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst @@ -283,10 +283,11 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) Return ``True`` if pathname *path* is a :dfn:`mount point`: a point in a file 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 + 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 + and POSIX variants. It is not able to reliably detect bind mounts on the + same filesystem. 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.