bpo-28356: Document os.rename() behavior on Windows for differing volumes (GH-27376)

rhyn0 · web-flow · commit e098137cd325 · 2023-01-09T21:43:09.000Z
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -2467,6 +2467,8 @@ features:
    will fail with an :exc:`OSError` subclass in a number of cases:
 
    On Windows, if *dst* exists a :exc:`FileExistsError` is always raised.
+   The operation may fail if *src* and *dst* are on different filesystems. Use
+   :func:`shutil.move` to support moves to a different filesystem.
 
    On Unix, if *src* is a file and *dst* is a directory or vice-versa, an
    :exc:`IsADirectoryError` or a :exc:`NotADirectoryError` will be raised
