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pathlib.Path.unlink raises a `NotADirectoryError` if some element of the path is actually a file - this is undocumented

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Documentation

https://docs.python.org/3/library/pathlib.html#pathlib.Path.unlink states that a FileNotFoundError will be raised if the path does not exist.
On macos-14 a NotADirectoryError is raised if the directory does not exist.

See pypa/cibuildwheel#1850 for an example.

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  • gh-120049

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Start at the pathlib.Path.unlink documentation page and review pypa/cibuildwheel#1850 for the reported macOS behavior. Verify the exception scenario and update the documentation so the relevant NotADirectoryError behavior is described; the documentation should accurately cover both missing paths and paths containing a file.

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python
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documentation
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Documentation
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1-3 hours
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