https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7ae440f262c99ba9a3327237f83c9290dc963028
commit: 7ae440f262c99ba9a3327237f83c9290dc963028
branch: main
author: Chilla Kalyan <[email protected]>
committer: picnixz <[email protected]>
date: 2025-11-09T09:57:34+01:00
summary:
gh-141127: Clarify o?s.symlink() documentation for argument order (#141144)
files:
M Doc/library/os.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index d31d0ce9c85e9a..dbc3c92c8798b5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -3873,6 +3873,9 @@ features:
Create a symbolic link pointing to *src* named *dst*.
+ The *src* parameter refers to the target of the link (the file or directory
being linked to),
+ and *dst* is the name of the link being created.
+
On Windows, a symlink represents either a file or a directory, and does not
morph to the target dynamically. If the target is present, the type of the
symlink will be created to match. Otherwise, the symlink will be created
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