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bpo-41737: expand doc for NotADirectoryError #27471

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expand doc for NotADirectoryError
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remove reference to accessing a non-existent path
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Expand Up @@ -690,8 +690,10 @@ depending on the system error code.

.. exception:: NotADirectoryError

Raised when a directory operation (such as :func:`os.listdir`) is requested
on something which is not a directory.
Raised when a directory operation (such as :func:`os.listdir`) is requested on
something which is not a directory. On most POSIX platforms, it may also be
raised if an operation attempts to open or traverse a non-directory file as if
it were a directory.
Corresponds to :c:data:`errno` ``ENOTDIR``.

.. exception:: PermissionError
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