Does This Scare You?
Wildman
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Fri Aug 19 23:46:20 EDT 2016
On Sat, 20 Aug 2016 11:20:44 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 11:11 AM, Wildman via Python-list
> <python-list at python.org> wrote:
>> Since I am fairly new to Python, I realize there is much that I
>> still don't know but I don't understand how Windows can have
>> reserved names on a Linux system. What am I missing?
>
> The PureWindowsPath class is specifically working with the Windows
> file system rules. Those names aren't reserved under Linux, but you
> can still ask the pathlib module whether or not they *would be*
> reserved under Windows. This is very handy if you're planning to
> create files and don't know whether they'd work or not - you don't
> need to grab a Windows machine (virtual or physical) to test stuff.
>
> ChrisA
OK. I understand. Python is after all cross-platform so that
makes perfect sense. Thanks.
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