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15 changes: 9 additions & 6 deletions Doc/library/os.path.rst
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.. function:: isfile(path)

Return ``True`` if *path* is an existing regular file. This follows symbolic
links, so both :func:`islink` and :func:`isfile` can be true for the same path.
Return ``True`` if *path* is an :func:`existing <exists>` regular file.
This follows symbolic links, so both :func:`islink` and :func:`isfile` can
be true for the same path.

.. versionchanged:: 3.6
Accepts a :term:`path-like object`.


.. function:: isdir(path)

Return ``True`` if *path* is an existing directory. This follows symbolic
links, so both :func:`islink` and :func:`isdir` can be true for the same path.
Return ``True`` if *path* is an :func:`existing <exists>` directory. This
follows symbolic links, so both :func:`islink` and :func:`isdir` can be true
for the same path.

.. versionchanged:: 3.6
Accepts a :term:`path-like object`.


.. function:: islink(path)

Return ``True`` if *path* refers to a directory entry that is a symbolic link.
Always ``False`` if symbolic links are not supported by the Python runtime.
Return ``True`` if *path* refers to an :func:`existing <exists>` directory
entry that is a symbolic link. Always ``False`` if symbolic links are not
supported by the Python runtime.

.. versionchanged:: 3.6
Accepts a :term:`path-like object`.
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