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authorKyle Stanley <aeros167@gmail.com>2019-07-06 21:20:15 -0400
committerTerry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>2019-07-06 21:20:15 -0400
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downloadcpython-git-0717b4d9b3899c5c2ca13031e4ff619a15a4d368.tar.gz
bpo-37478: Specify possible exceptions for os.chdir() (GH-14611)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
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@@ -1599,6 +1599,9 @@ features:
This function can support :ref:`specifying a file descriptor <path_fd>`. The
descriptor must refer to an opened directory, not an open file.
+ This function can raise :exc:`OSError` subclasses such as
+ :exc:`FileNotFoundError`, :exc:`PermissionError`, and :exc:`NotADirectoryError`.
+
.. versionadded:: 3.3
Added support for specifying *path* as a file descriptor
on some platforms.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-07-06-00-57-27.bpo-37478.B0ioLw.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-07-06-00-57-27.bpo-37478.B0ioLw.rst
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+Added possible exceptions to the description of os.chdir(). \ No newline at end of file