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[3.11] GH-82695: Clarify pathlib.Path.mkdir() documentation (GH-114032) #114463

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[3.11] GH-82695: Clarify pathlib.Path.mkdir() documentation (GH-114032) #114463

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Expand Up @@ -994,9 +994,9 @@ call fails (for example because the path doesn't exist).
If *exist_ok* is false (the default), :exc:`FileExistsError` is
raised if the target directory already exists.

If *exist_ok* is true, :exc:`FileExistsError` exceptions will be
ignored (same behavior as the POSIX ``mkdir -p`` command), but only if the
last path component is not an existing non-directory file.
If *exist_ok* is true, :exc:`FileExistsError` will not be raised unless the given
path already exists in the file system and is not a directory (same
behavior as the POSIX ``mkdir -p`` command).

.. versionchanged:: 3.5
The *exist_ok* parameter was added.
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