cpython/Lib/pathlib/__init__.py

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Python

"""Object-oriented filesystem paths.
This module provides classes to represent abstract paths and concrete
paths with operations that have semantics appropriate for different
operating systems.
"""
import io
import ntpath
import os
import posixpath
import sys
import warnings
from itertools import chain
from _collections_abc import Sequence
try:
import pwd
except ImportError:
pwd = None
try:
import grp
except ImportError:
grp = None
from . import _abc
__all__ = [
"UnsupportedOperation",
"PurePath", "PurePosixPath", "PureWindowsPath",
"Path", "PosixPath", "WindowsPath",
]
class _PathParents(Sequence):
"""This object provides sequence-like access to the logical ancestors
of a path. Don't try to construct it yourself."""
__slots__ = ('_path', '_drv', '_root', '_tail')
def __init__(self, path):
self._path = path
self._drv = path.drive
self._root = path.root
self._tail = path._tail
def __len__(self):
return len(self._tail)
def __getitem__(self, idx):
if isinstance(idx, slice):
return tuple(self[i] for i in range(*idx.indices(len(self))))
if idx >= len(self) or idx < -len(self):
raise IndexError(idx)
if idx < 0:
idx += len(self)
return self._path._from_parsed_parts(self._drv, self._root,
self._tail[:-idx - 1])
def __repr__(self):
return "<{}.parents>".format(type(self._path).__name__)
UnsupportedOperation = _abc.UnsupportedOperation
class PurePath(_abc.PurePathBase):
"""Base class for manipulating paths without I/O.
PurePath represents a filesystem path and offers operations which
don't imply any actual filesystem I/O. Depending on your system,
instantiating a PurePath will return either a PurePosixPath or a
PureWindowsPath object. You can also instantiate either of these classes
directly, regardless of your system.
"""
__slots__ = (
# The `_raw_paths` slot stores unnormalized string paths. This is set
# in the `__init__()` method.
'_raw_paths',
# The `_drv`, `_root` and `_tail_cached` slots store parsed and
# normalized parts of the path. They are set when any of the `drive`,
# `root` or `_tail` properties are accessed for the first time. The
# three-part division corresponds to the result of
# `os.path.splitroot()`, except that the tail is further split on path
# separators (i.e. it is a list of strings), and that the root and
# tail are normalized.
'_drv', '_root', '_tail_cached',
# The `_str` slot stores the string representation of the path,
# computed from the drive, root and tail when `__str__()` is called
# for the first time. It's used to implement `_str_normcase`
'_str',
# The `_str_normcase_cached` slot stores the string path with
# normalized case. It is set when the `_str_normcase` property is
# accessed for the first time. It's used to implement `__eq__()`
# `__hash__()`, and `_parts_normcase`
'_str_normcase_cached',
# The `_parts_normcase_cached` slot stores the case-normalized
# string path after splitting on path separators. It's set when the
# `_parts_normcase` property is accessed for the first time. It's used
# to implement comparison methods like `__lt__()`.
'_parts_normcase_cached',
# The `_hash` slot stores the hash of the case-normalized string
# path. It's set when `__hash__()` is called for the first time.
'_hash',
)
pathmod = os.path
def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
"""Construct a PurePath from one or several strings and or existing
PurePath objects. The strings and path objects are combined so as
to yield a canonicalized path, which is incorporated into the
new PurePath object.
"""
if cls is PurePath:
cls = PureWindowsPath if os.name == 'nt' else PurePosixPath
return object.__new__(cls)
def __init__(self, *args):
paths = []
for arg in args:
if isinstance(arg, PurePath):
if arg.pathmod is ntpath and self.pathmod is posixpath:
# GH-103631: Convert separators for backwards compatibility.
paths.extend(path.replace('\\', '/') for path in arg._raw_paths)
else:
paths.extend(arg._raw_paths)
else:
try:
path = os.fspath(arg)
except TypeError:
path = arg
if not isinstance(path, str):
raise TypeError(
"argument should be a str or an os.PathLike "
"object where __fspath__ returns a str, "
f"not {type(path).__name__!r}")
paths.append(path)
# Avoid calling super().__init__, as an optimisation
self._raw_paths = paths
def joinpath(self, *pathsegments):
"""Combine this path with one or several arguments, and return a
new path representing either a subpath (if all arguments are relative
paths) or a totally different path (if one of the arguments is
anchored).
"""
return self.with_segments(self, *pathsegments)
def __truediv__(self, key):
try:
return self.with_segments(self, key)
except TypeError:
return NotImplemented
def __rtruediv__(self, key):
try:
return self.with_segments(key, self)
except TypeError:
return NotImplemented
def __reduce__(self):
# Using the parts tuple helps share interned path parts
# when pickling related paths.
return (self.__class__, self.parts)
def __repr__(self):
return "{}({!r})".format(self.__class__.__name__, self.as_posix())
def __fspath__(self):
return str(self)
def __bytes__(self):
"""Return the bytes representation of the path. This is only
recommended to use under Unix."""
return os.fsencode(self)
@property
def _str_normcase(self):
# String with normalized case, for hashing and equality checks
try:
return self._str_normcase_cached
except AttributeError:
if _abc._is_case_sensitive(self.pathmod):
self._str_normcase_cached = str(self)
else:
self._str_normcase_cached = str(self).lower()
return self._str_normcase_cached
def __hash__(self):
try:
return self._hash
except AttributeError:
self._hash = hash(self._str_normcase)
return self._hash
def __eq__(self, other):
if not isinstance(other, PurePath):
return NotImplemented
return self._str_normcase == other._str_normcase and self.pathmod is other.pathmod
@property
def _parts_normcase(self):
# Cached parts with normalized case, for comparisons.
try:
return self._parts_normcase_cached
except AttributeError:
self._parts_normcase_cached = self._str_normcase.split(self.pathmod.sep)
return self._parts_normcase_cached
def __lt__(self, other):
if not isinstance(other, PurePath) or self.pathmod is not other.pathmod:
return NotImplemented
return self._parts_normcase < other._parts_normcase
def __le__(self, other):
if not isinstance(other, PurePath) or self.pathmod is not other.pathmod:
return NotImplemented
return self._parts_normcase <= other._parts_normcase
def __gt__(self, other):
if not isinstance(other, PurePath) or self.pathmod is not other.pathmod:
return NotImplemented
return self._parts_normcase > other._parts_normcase
def __ge__(self, other):
if not isinstance(other, PurePath) or self.pathmod is not other.pathmod:
return NotImplemented
return self._parts_normcase >= other._parts_normcase
def __str__(self):
"""Return the string representation of the path, suitable for
passing to system calls."""
try:
return self._str
except AttributeError:
self._str = self._format_parsed_parts(self.drive, self.root,
self._tail) or '.'
return self._str
@classmethod
def _format_parsed_parts(cls, drv, root, tail):
if drv or root:
return drv + root + cls.pathmod.sep.join(tail)
elif tail and cls.pathmod.splitdrive(tail[0])[0]:
tail = ['.'] + tail
return cls.pathmod.sep.join(tail)
def _from_parsed_parts(self, drv, root, tail):
path_str = self._format_parsed_parts(drv, root, tail)
path = self.with_segments(path_str)
path._str = path_str or '.'
path._drv = drv
path._root = root
path._tail_cached = tail
return path
@classmethod
def _parse_path(cls, path):
if not path:
return '', '', []
sep = cls.pathmod.sep
altsep = cls.pathmod.altsep
if altsep:
path = path.replace(altsep, sep)
drv, root, rel = cls.pathmod.splitroot(path)
if not root and drv.startswith(sep) and not drv.endswith(sep):
drv_parts = drv.split(sep)
if len(drv_parts) == 4 and drv_parts[2] not in '?.':
# e.g. //server/share
root = sep
elif len(drv_parts) == 6:
# e.g. //?/unc/server/share
root = sep
parsed = [sys.intern(str(x)) for x in rel.split(sep) if x and x != '.']
return drv, root, parsed
@property
def _raw_path(self):
"""The joined but unnormalized path."""
paths = self._raw_paths
if len(paths) == 0:
path = ''
elif len(paths) == 1:
path = paths[0]
else:
path = self.pathmod.join(*paths)
return path
@property
def drive(self):
"""The drive prefix (letter or UNC path), if any."""
try:
return self._drv
except AttributeError:
self._drv, self._root, self._tail_cached = self._parse_path(self._raw_path)
return self._drv
@property
def root(self):
"""The root of the path, if any."""
try:
return self._root
except AttributeError:
self._drv, self._root, self._tail_cached = self._parse_path(self._raw_path)
return self._root
@property
def _tail(self):
try:
return self._tail_cached
except AttributeError:
self._drv, self._root, self._tail_cached = self._parse_path(self._raw_path)
return self._tail_cached
@property
def anchor(self):
"""The concatenation of the drive and root, or ''."""
return self.drive + self.root
@property
def parts(self):
"""An object providing sequence-like access to the
components in the filesystem path."""
if self.drive or self.root:
return (self.drive + self.root,) + tuple(self._tail)
else:
return tuple(self._tail)
@property
def parent(self):
"""The logical parent of the path."""
drv = self.drive
root = self.root
tail = self._tail
if not tail:
return self
return self._from_parsed_parts(drv, root, tail[:-1])
@property
def parents(self):
"""A sequence of this path's logical parents."""
# The value of this property should not be cached on the path object,
# as doing so would introduce a reference cycle.
return _PathParents(self)
@property
def name(self):
"""The final path component, if any."""
tail = self._tail
if not tail:
return ''
return tail[-1]
def with_name(self, name):
"""Return a new path with the file name changed."""
m = self.pathmod
if not name or m.sep in name or (m.altsep and m.altsep in name) or name == '.':
raise ValueError(f"Invalid name {name!r}")
tail = self._tail.copy()
if not tail:
raise ValueError(f"{self!r} has an empty name")
tail[-1] = name
return self._from_parsed_parts(self.drive, self.root, tail)
def relative_to(self, other, /, *_deprecated, walk_up=False):
"""Return the relative path to another path identified by the passed
arguments. If the operation is not possible (because this is not
related to the other path), raise ValueError.
The *walk_up* parameter controls whether `..` may be used to resolve
the path.
"""
if _deprecated:
msg = ("support for supplying more than one positional argument "
"to pathlib.PurePath.relative_to() is deprecated and "
"scheduled for removal in Python 3.14")
warnings.warn(msg, DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
other = self.with_segments(other, *_deprecated)
elif not isinstance(other, PurePath):
other = self.with_segments(other)
for step, path in enumerate(chain([other], other.parents)):
if path == self or path in self.parents:
break
elif not walk_up:
raise ValueError(f"{str(self)!r} is not in the subpath of {str(other)!r}")
elif path.name == '..':
raise ValueError(f"'..' segment in {str(other)!r} cannot be walked")
else:
raise ValueError(f"{str(self)!r} and {str(other)!r} have different anchors")
parts = ['..'] * step + self._tail[len(path._tail):]
return self._from_parsed_parts('', '', parts)
def is_relative_to(self, other, /, *_deprecated):
"""Return True if the path is relative to another path or False.
"""
if _deprecated:
msg = ("support for supplying more than one argument to "
"pathlib.PurePath.is_relative_to() is deprecated and "
"scheduled for removal in Python 3.14")
warnings.warn(msg, DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
other = self.with_segments(other, *_deprecated)
elif not isinstance(other, PurePath):
other = self.with_segments(other)
return other == self or other in self.parents
def is_absolute(self):
"""True if the path is absolute (has both a root and, if applicable,
a drive)."""
if self.pathmod is posixpath:
# Optimization: work with raw paths on POSIX.
for path in self._raw_paths:
if path.startswith('/'):
return True
return False
return self.pathmod.isabs(self)
def is_reserved(self):
"""Return True if the path contains one of the special names reserved
by the system, if any."""
msg = ("pathlib.PurePath.is_reserved() is deprecated and scheduled "
"for removal in Python 3.15. Use os.path.isreserved() to "
"detect reserved paths on Windows.")
warnings.warn(msg, DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
if self.pathmod is ntpath:
return self.pathmod.isreserved(self)
return False
def as_uri(self):
"""Return the path as a URI."""
if not self.is_absolute():
raise ValueError("relative path can't be expressed as a file URI")
drive = self.drive
if len(drive) == 2 and drive[1] == ':':
# It's a path on a local drive => 'file:///c:/a/b'
prefix = 'file:///' + drive
path = self.as_posix()[2:]
elif drive:
# It's a path on a network drive => 'file://host/share/a/b'
prefix = 'file:'
path = self.as_posix()
else:
# It's a posix path => 'file:///etc/hosts'
prefix = 'file://'
path = str(self)
from urllib.parse import quote_from_bytes
return prefix + quote_from_bytes(os.fsencode(path))
@property
def _pattern_stack(self):
"""Stack of path components, to be used with patterns in glob()."""
parts = self._tail.copy()
pattern = self._raw_path
if self.anchor:
raise NotImplementedError("Non-relative patterns are unsupported")
elif not parts:
raise ValueError("Unacceptable pattern: {!r}".format(pattern))
elif pattern[-1] in (self.pathmod.sep, self.pathmod.altsep):
# GH-65238: pathlib doesn't preserve trailing slash. Add it back.
parts.append('')
parts.reverse()
return parts
@property
def _pattern_str(self):
"""The path expressed as a string, for use in pattern-matching."""
# The string representation of an empty path is a single dot ('.'). Empty
# paths shouldn't match wildcards, so we change it to the empty string.
path_str = str(self)
return '' if path_str == '.' else path_str
# Subclassing os.PathLike makes isinstance() checks slower,
# which in turn makes Path construction slower. Register instead!
os.PathLike.register(PurePath)
class PurePosixPath(PurePath):
"""PurePath subclass for non-Windows systems.
On a POSIX system, instantiating a PurePath should return this object.
However, you can also instantiate it directly on any system.
"""
pathmod = posixpath
__slots__ = ()
class PureWindowsPath(PurePath):
"""PurePath subclass for Windows systems.
On a Windows system, instantiating a PurePath should return this object.
However, you can also instantiate it directly on any system.
"""
pathmod = ntpath
__slots__ = ()
class Path(_abc.PathBase, PurePath):
"""PurePath subclass that can make system calls.
Path represents a filesystem path but unlike PurePath, also offers
methods to do system calls on path objects. Depending on your system,
instantiating a Path will return either a PosixPath or a WindowsPath
object. You can also instantiate a PosixPath or WindowsPath directly,
but cannot instantiate a WindowsPath on a POSIX system or vice versa.
"""
__slots__ = ()
as_uri = PurePath.as_uri
@classmethod
def _unsupported_msg(cls, attribute):
return f"{cls.__name__}.{attribute} is unsupported on this system"
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
if kwargs:
msg = ("support for supplying keyword arguments to pathlib.PurePath "
"is deprecated and scheduled for removal in Python {remove}")
warnings._deprecated("pathlib.PurePath(**kwargs)", msg, remove=(3, 14))
super().__init__(*args)
def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
if cls is Path:
cls = WindowsPath if os.name == 'nt' else PosixPath
return object.__new__(cls)
def stat(self, *, follow_symlinks=True):
"""
Return the result of the stat() system call on this path, like
os.stat() does.
"""
return os.stat(self, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
def is_mount(self):
"""
Check if this path is a mount point
"""
return os.path.ismount(self)
def is_junction(self):
"""
Whether this path is a junction.
"""
return os.path.isjunction(self)
def open(self, mode='r', buffering=-1, encoding=None,
errors=None, newline=None):
"""
Open the file pointed by this path and return a file object, as
the built-in open() function does.
"""
if "b" not in mode:
encoding = io.text_encoding(encoding)
return io.open(self, mode, buffering, encoding, errors, newline)
def read_text(self, encoding=None, errors=None, newline=None):
"""
Open the file in text mode, read it, and close the file.
"""
# Call io.text_encoding() here to ensure any warning is raised at an
# appropriate stack level.
encoding = io.text_encoding(encoding)
return _abc.PathBase.read_text(self, encoding, errors, newline)
def write_text(self, data, encoding=None, errors=None, newline=None):
"""
Open the file in text mode, write to it, and close the file.
"""
# Call io.text_encoding() here to ensure any warning is raised at an
# appropriate stack level.
encoding = io.text_encoding(encoding)
return _abc.PathBase.write_text(self, data, encoding, errors, newline)
def iterdir(self):
"""Yield path objects of the directory contents.
The children are yielded in arbitrary order, and the
special entries '.' and '..' are not included.
"""
return (self._make_child_relpath(name) for name in os.listdir(self))
def _scandir(self):
return os.scandir(self)
def _direntry_str(self, entry):
# Transform an entry yielded from _scandir() into a path string.
return entry.name if str(self) == '.' else entry.path
def _make_child_direntry(self, entry):
# Transform an entry yielded from _scandir() into a path object.
path_str = self._direntry_str(entry)
path = self.with_segments(path_str)
path._str = path_str
path._drv = self.drive
path._root = self.root
path._tail_cached = self._tail + [entry.name]
return path
def _make_child_relpath(self, name):
if not name:
return self
path_str = str(self)
tail = self._tail
if tail:
path_str = f'{path_str}{self.pathmod.sep}{name}'
elif path_str != '.':
path_str = f'{path_str}{name}'
else:
path_str = name
path = self.with_segments(path_str)
path._str = path_str
path._drv = self.drive
path._root = self.root
path._tail_cached = tail + [name]
return path
def glob(self, pattern, *, case_sensitive=None, follow_symlinks=None):
"""Iterate over this subtree and yield all existing files (of any
kind, including directories) matching the given relative pattern.
"""
sys.audit("pathlib.Path.glob", self, pattern)
if not isinstance(pattern, PurePath):
pattern = self.with_segments(pattern)
return _abc.PathBase.glob(
self, pattern, case_sensitive=case_sensitive, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
def rglob(self, pattern, *, case_sensitive=None, follow_symlinks=None):
"""Recursively yield all existing files (of any kind, including
directories) matching the given relative pattern, anywhere in
this subtree.
"""
sys.audit("pathlib.Path.rglob", self, pattern)
if not isinstance(pattern, PurePath):
pattern = self.with_segments(pattern)
pattern = '**' / pattern
return _abc.PathBase.glob(
self, pattern, case_sensitive=case_sensitive, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
def walk(self, top_down=True, on_error=None, follow_symlinks=False):
"""Walk the directory tree from this directory, similar to os.walk()."""
sys.audit("pathlib.Path.walk", self, on_error, follow_symlinks)
return _abc.PathBase.walk(
self, top_down=top_down, on_error=on_error, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
def absolute(self):
"""Return an absolute version of this path
No normalization or symlink resolution is performed.
Use resolve() to resolve symlinks and remove '..' segments.
"""
if self.is_absolute():
return self
if self.root:
drive = os.path.splitroot(os.getcwd())[0]
return self._from_parsed_parts(drive, self.root, self._tail)
if self.drive:
# There is a CWD on each drive-letter drive.
cwd = os.path.abspath(self.drive)
else:
cwd = os.getcwd()
if not self._tail:
# Fast path for "empty" paths, e.g. Path("."), Path("") or Path().
# We pass only one argument to with_segments() to avoid the cost
# of joining, and we exploit the fact that getcwd() returns a
# fully-normalized string by storing it in _str. This is used to
# implement Path.cwd().
result = self.with_segments(cwd)
result._str = cwd
return result
drive, root, rel = os.path.splitroot(cwd)
if not rel:
return self._from_parsed_parts(drive, root, self._tail)
tail = rel.split(self.pathmod.sep)
tail.extend(self._tail)
return self._from_parsed_parts(drive, root, tail)
def resolve(self, strict=False):
"""
Make the path absolute, resolving all symlinks on the way and also
normalizing it.
"""
return self.with_segments(os.path.realpath(self, strict=strict))
if pwd:
def owner(self, *, follow_symlinks=True):
"""
Return the login name of the file owner.
"""
uid = self.stat(follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks).st_uid
return pwd.getpwuid(uid).pw_name
if grp:
def group(self, *, follow_symlinks=True):
"""
Return the group name of the file gid.
"""
gid = self.stat(follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks).st_gid
return grp.getgrgid(gid).gr_name
if hasattr(os, "readlink"):
def readlink(self):
"""
Return the path to which the symbolic link points.
"""
return self.with_segments(os.readlink(self))
def touch(self, mode=0o666, exist_ok=True):
"""
Create this file with the given access mode, if it doesn't exist.
"""
if exist_ok:
# First try to bump modification time
# Implementation note: GNU touch uses the UTIME_NOW option of
# the utimensat() / futimens() functions.
try:
os.utime(self, None)
except OSError:
# Avoid exception chaining
pass
else:
return
flags = os.O_CREAT | os.O_WRONLY
if not exist_ok:
flags |= os.O_EXCL
fd = os.open(self, flags, mode)
os.close(fd)
def mkdir(self, mode=0o777, parents=False, exist_ok=False):
"""
Create a new directory at this given path.
"""
try:
os.mkdir(self, mode)
except FileNotFoundError:
if not parents or self.parent == self:
raise
self.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
self.mkdir(mode, parents=False, exist_ok=exist_ok)
except OSError:
# Cannot rely on checking for EEXIST, since the operating system
# could give priority to other errors like EACCES or EROFS
if not exist_ok or not self.is_dir():
raise
def chmod(self, mode, *, follow_symlinks=True):
"""
Change the permissions of the path, like os.chmod().
"""
os.chmod(self, mode, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
def unlink(self, missing_ok=False):
"""
Remove this file or link.
If the path is a directory, use rmdir() instead.
"""
try:
os.unlink(self)
except FileNotFoundError:
if not missing_ok:
raise
def rmdir(self):
"""
Remove this directory. The directory must be empty.
"""
os.rmdir(self)
def rename(self, target):
"""
Rename this path to the target path.
The target path may be absolute or relative. Relative paths are
interpreted relative to the current working directory, *not* the
directory of the Path object.
Returns the new Path instance pointing to the target path.
"""
os.rename(self, target)
return self.with_segments(target)
def replace(self, target):
"""
Rename this path to the target path, overwriting if that path exists.
The target path may be absolute or relative. Relative paths are
interpreted relative to the current working directory, *not* the
directory of the Path object.
Returns the new Path instance pointing to the target path.
"""
os.replace(self, target)
return self.with_segments(target)
if hasattr(os, "symlink"):
def symlink_to(self, target, target_is_directory=False):
"""
Make this path a symlink pointing to the target path.
Note the order of arguments (link, target) is the reverse of os.symlink.
"""
os.symlink(target, self, target_is_directory)
if hasattr(os, "link"):
def hardlink_to(self, target):
"""
Make this path a hard link pointing to the same file as *target*.
Note the order of arguments (self, target) is the reverse of os.link's.
"""
os.link(target, self)
def expanduser(self):
""" Return a new path with expanded ~ and ~user constructs
(as returned by os.path.expanduser)
"""
if (not (self.drive or self.root) and
self._tail and self._tail[0][:1] == '~'):
homedir = os.path.expanduser(self._tail[0])
if homedir[:1] == "~":
raise RuntimeError("Could not determine home directory.")
drv, root, tail = self._parse_path(homedir)
return self._from_parsed_parts(drv, root, tail + self._tail[1:])
return self
@classmethod
def from_uri(cls, uri):
"""Return a new path from the given 'file' URI."""
if not uri.startswith('file:'):
raise ValueError(f"URI does not start with 'file:': {uri!r}")
path = uri[5:]
if path[:3] == '///':
# Remove empty authority
path = path[2:]
elif path[:12] == '//localhost/':
# Remove 'localhost' authority
path = path[11:]
if path[:3] == '///' or (path[:1] == '/' and path[2:3] in ':|'):
# Remove slash before DOS device/UNC path
path = path[1:]
if path[1:2] == '|':
# Replace bar with colon in DOS drive
path = path[:1] + ':' + path[2:]
from urllib.parse import unquote_to_bytes
path = cls(os.fsdecode(unquote_to_bytes(path)))
if not path.is_absolute():
raise ValueError(f"URI is not absolute: {uri!r}")
return path
class PosixPath(Path, PurePosixPath):
"""Path subclass for non-Windows systems.
On a POSIX system, instantiating a Path should return this object.
"""
__slots__ = ()
if os.name == 'nt':
def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
raise UnsupportedOperation(
f"cannot instantiate {cls.__name__!r} on your system")
class WindowsPath(Path, PureWindowsPath):
"""Path subclass for Windows systems.
On a Windows system, instantiating a Path should return this object.
"""
__slots__ = ()
if os.name != 'nt':
def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
raise UnsupportedOperation(
f"cannot instantiate {cls.__name__!r} on your system")