From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 17:47:42 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Bug #1373197: note that os.makedirs does not work with '..'
X-Git-Tag: v2.5a0~1006
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=852a542279f524951ac5cfcc59d2ec022214898c;p=python

Bug #1373197: note that os.makedirs does not work with '..'
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
index 48cda9b632..148d2dadd1 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
@@ -877,6 +877,8 @@ leaf directory.  Throws an \exception{error} exception if the leaf
 directory already exists or cannot be created.  The default \var{mode}
 is \code{0777} (octal).  On some systems, \var{mode} is ignored.
 Where it is used, the current umask value is first masked out.
+\note{\function{makedirs()} will become confused if the path elements
+to create include \var{os.pardir}.}
 \versionadded{1.5.2}
 \versionchanged[This function now handles UNC paths correctly]{2.3}
 \end{funcdesc}