From f7c23a99cd4f8179b6ba2cffaeb78b852c0f6488 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: andrei kulakov Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2021 07:28:09 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] bpo-41737: expand doc for NotADirectoryError (GH-27471) --- Doc/library/exceptions.rst | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst index 0a5037a4b210..669979f7c5d5 100644 --- a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst @@ -690,8 +690,10 @@ depending on the system error code. .. exception:: NotADirectoryError - Raised when a directory operation (such as :func:`os.listdir`) is requested - on something which is not a directory. + Raised when a directory operation (such as :func:`os.listdir`) is requested on + something which is not a directory. On most POSIX platforms, it may also be + raised if an operation attempts to open or traverse a non-directory file as if + it were a directory. Corresponds to :c:data:`errno` ``ENOTDIR``. .. exception:: PermissionError -- 2.47.3