os.path.ismount sometimes raises FileNotFoundError on Windows

[lazka]

BPO	28859
Nosy	@pfmoore, @tjguk, @zware, @zooba, @wm75, @lazka, @csabella, @dan1994, @szb512, @digglife, @AkechiShiro, @ankeshsaha
PRs	bpo-28859: Fix return value of ismount on Windows #19109

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created_at = <Date 2016-12-02.14:39:20.125>
labels = ['easy', 'type-bug', '3.8', '3.9', '3.7', 'OS-windows']
title = 'os.path.ismount sometimes raises FileNotFoundError on Windows'
updated_at = <Date 2020-05-23.20:05:59.911>
user = 'https://github.com/lazka'

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activity = <Date 2020-05-23.20:05:59.911>
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components = ['Windows']
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issue_num = 28859
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pr_nums = ['19109']
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue28859'
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Linked PRs

• gh-73045 Fixed behaviour of os.path.ismount(), for Windows, for non-existent drives and paths #139907

[lazka]

It returns True for drives which don't exist and raises for paths starting with drives which don't exist.

>>> os.path.exists("C:\\")
True
>>> os.path.ismount("C:\\")
True
>>> os.path.ismount("C:\\doesnotexist")
False
>>> os.path.exists("F:\\")
False
>>> os.path.ismount("F:\\")
True
>>> os.path.ismount("F:\\doesnotexist")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\lazka\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\lib\ntpath.py", line 290, in ismount
    return path.rstrip(seps) == _getvolumepathname(path).rstrip(seps)
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified: 'F:\\doesnotexist'

[zooba]

Traditionally we handle exceptions in os.path.is* functions and return False.

[scic0]

I would like to take this issue as my first issue to start contributing to Python development.

[szb512]

I am going to think maybe it was the "os.path.ismount" command that is causing the issue. Does the file exist?

[zooba]

I am going to think maybe it was the "os.path.ismount" command that is causing the issue. Does the file exist?

If the file does not exist, it is definitely not a mount point. So the function should return False instead of raising an error.

[AkechiShiro]

Nishant Misra are you still working on this issue, if not could I take it from now on, as my first issue and contribution to Python?

[scic0]

Yes Lahfa Samy, you can take it up. I did not work on the issue.