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minor clarification on Zipfile 'x' mode - exclusive creation of a file.

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Senthil Kumaran 2016-01-21 21:06:47 -08:00
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@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ ZipFile Objects
Open a ZIP file, where *file* can be either a path to a file (a string) or a
file-like object. The *mode* parameter should be ``'r'`` to read an existing
file, ``'w'`` to truncate and write a new file, ``'x'`` to exclusive create
and write a new file, or ``'a'`` to append to an existing file.
file, ``'w'`` to truncate and write a new file, ``'a'`` to append to an
existing file, or ``'x'`` to exclusively create and write a new file.
If *mode* is ``'x'`` and *file* refers to an existing file,
a :exc:`FileExistsError` will be raised.
If *mode* is ``'a'`` and *file* refers to an existing ZIP