Michael Selik added the comment:
The docs for ``os.replace`` says "If dst is a directory, OSError will be
raised." That's helpful, but the docs for ``pathlib.Path.replace`` make it
seem like the target will be unconditionally replaced regardless of whether
it's a file or directory. Sure, t
Karthikeyan Singaravelan added the comment:
replace under the hood uses os.replace. The docs for os.replace indicate error
for certain scenarios where target is a directory :
https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html#os.replace . See also some difference
between os.rename and os.replace : ht
New submission from Michael Selik :
The pathlib module ``Path.replace(target)`` states that "If target points to an
existing file or directory, it will be unconditionally replaced." However,
this does not appear to be true. I experience an OSError ``[Errno 66]
Directory not empty`` when att
