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Expand Up @@ -1535,6 +1535,8 @@ Creating files and directories
as a directory if *target_is_directory* is true or a file symlink (the
default) otherwise. On non-Windows platforms, *target_is_directory* is ignored.

If the link or/and the target already exist, :exc:`FileExistsError` is raised.

::

>>> p = Path('mylink')
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