From e5c05cc8c0c4bdf9748f8d7d2a39e85793e52af9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Senthil Kumaran Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 21:06:47 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] minor clarification on Zipfile 'x' mode - exclusive creation of a file. --- Doc/library/zipfile.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/zipfile.rst b/Doc/library/zipfile.rst index d40315eaf89..e3c22173175 100644 --- a/Doc/library/zipfile.rst +++ b/Doc/library/zipfile.rst @@ -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