diff --git a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst index 084d8bf4d3ca2be..be207ca222274e8 100644 --- a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst @@ -485,19 +485,6 @@ Pure paths provide the following methods and properties: 'c:/windows' -.. method:: PurePath.as_uri() - - Represent the path as a ``file`` URI. :exc:`ValueError` is raised if - the path isn't absolute. - - >>> p = PurePosixPath('/etc/passwd') - >>> p.as_uri() - 'file:///etc/passwd' - >>> p = PureWindowsPath('c:/Windows') - >>> p.as_uri() - 'file:///c:/Windows' - - .. method:: PurePath.is_absolute() Return whether the path is absolute or not. A path is considered absolute @@ -813,6 +800,67 @@ bugs or failures in your application):: UnsupportedOperation: cannot instantiate 'WindowsPath' on your system +File URIs +^^^^^^^^^ + +Concrete path objects can be created from, and represented as, 'file' URIs +conforming to :rfc:`8089`. + +.. note:: + + File URIs are not portable across machines with different + :ref:`filesystem encodings `. + +.. classmethod:: Path.from_uri(uri) + + Return a new path object from parsing a 'file' URI. For example:: + + >>> p = Path.from_uri('file:///etc/hosts') + PosixPath('/etc/hosts') + + On Windows, DOS device and UNC paths may be parsed from URIs:: + + >>> p = Path.from_uri('file:///c:/windows') + WindowsPath('c:/windows') + >>> p = Path.from_uri('file://server/share') + WindowsPath('//server/share') + + Several variant forms are supported:: + + >>> p = Path.from_uri('file:////server/share') + WindowsPath('//server/share') + >>> p = Path.from_uri('file://///server/share') + WindowsPath('//server/share') + >>> p = Path.from_uri('file:c:/windows') + WindowsPath('c:/windows') + >>> p = Path.from_uri('file:/c|/windows') + WindowsPath('c:/windows') + + :exc:`ValueError` is raised if the URI does not start with ``file:``, or + the parsed path isn't absolute. + + .. versionadded:: 3.13 + + +.. method:: Path.as_uri() + + Represent the path as a 'file' URI. :exc:`ValueError` is raised if + the path isn't absolute. + + .. code-block:: pycon + + >>> p = PosixPath('/etc/passwd') + >>> p.as_uri() + 'file:///etc/passwd' + >>> p = WindowsPath('c:/Windows') + >>> p.as_uri() + 'file:///c:/Windows' + + For historical reasons, this method is also available from + :class:`PurePath` objects. However, its use of :func:`os.fsencode` makes + it strictly impure. + + Methods ^^^^^^^ @@ -853,42 +901,6 @@ call fails (for example because the path doesn't exist). .. versionadded:: 3.5 -.. classmethod:: Path.from_uri(uri) - - Return a new path object from parsing a 'file' URI conforming to - :rfc:`8089`. For example:: - - >>> p = Path.from_uri('file:///etc/hosts') - PosixPath('/etc/hosts') - - On Windows, DOS device and UNC paths may be parsed from URIs:: - - >>> p = Path.from_uri('file:///c:/windows') - WindowsPath('c:/windows') - >>> p = Path.from_uri('file://server/share') - WindowsPath('//server/share') - - Several variant forms are supported:: - - >>> p = Path.from_uri('file:////server/share') - WindowsPath('//server/share') - >>> p = Path.from_uri('file://///server/share') - WindowsPath('//server/share') - >>> p = Path.from_uri('file:c:/windows') - WindowsPath('c:/windows') - >>> p = Path.from_uri('file:/c|/windows') - WindowsPath('c:/windows') - - :exc:`ValueError` is raised if the URI does not start with ``file:``, or - the parsed path isn't absolute. - - :func:`os.fsdecode` is used to decode percent-escaped byte sequences, and - so file URIs are not portable across machines with different - :ref:`filesystem encodings `. - - .. versionadded:: 3.13 - - .. method:: Path.stat(*, follow_symlinks=True) Return a :class:`os.stat_result` object containing information about this path, like :func:`os.stat`.