From 5a62ac65affd5c0ac7b2a45a1f05e2d0e627887f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ronald Oussoren Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 11:08:06 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] GH-95815: Document less specific error for os.remove (GH-99571) os.remove can raise PermissionError instead of IsADirectoryError, when the object to be removed is a directory (in particular on macOS). This reverts a change done in GH-14262. (cherry picked from commit 1cae31d26ba621f6b1f0656ad3d69a0236338bad) Co-authored-by: Ronald Oussoren --- Doc/library/os.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index 74125aef05793e..6df697d446071d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -2326,7 +2326,7 @@ features: .. function:: remove(path, *, dir_fd=None) Remove (delete) the file *path*. If *path* is a directory, an - :exc:`IsADirectoryError` is raised. Use :func:`rmdir` to remove directories. + :exc:`OSError` is raised. Use :func:`rmdir` to remove directories. If the file does not exist, a :exc:`FileNotFoundError` is raised. This function can support :ref:`paths relative to directory descriptors