Ammar Askar <am...@ammaraskar.com> added the comment:
It seems this behavior is somewhat documented: https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html#os.renames >Works like rename(), except creation of any intermediate directories needed to >make the new pathname good is attempted first. >This function can fail with the new directory structure made if you lack >permissions needed to remove the leaf directory or file. The source directory not existing isn't the same as not having permissions to remove it but close enough. ---------- nosy: +ammar2 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue35951> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
