From 2799f9d09a558cc531eec4aa1ef4e914f4cd43d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fred Drake Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 18:33:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Reflow paragraph to work around LaTeX2HTML dropping a space. Make all references to the os module hyperlinks. --- Doc/lib/libposix.tex | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposix.tex b/Doc/lib/libposix.tex index c3348939e42..1e7016d4f99 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libposix.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libposix.tex @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \declaremodule{builtin}{posix} \platform{Unix} \modulesynopsis{The most common \POSIX{} system calls (normally used -via module \module{os}).} + via module \module{os}).} This module provides access to operating system functionality that is @@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ disguised \UNIX{} interface). \strong{Do not import this module directly.} Instead, import the module \refmodule{os}, which provides a \emph{portable} version of this -interface. On \UNIX{}, the \module{os} module provides a superset of +interface. On \UNIX{}, the \refmodule{os} module provides a superset of the \module{posix} interface. On non-\UNIX{} operating systems the \module{posix} module is not available, but a subset is always -available through the \module{os} interface. Once \module{os} is +available through the \refmodule{os} interface. Once \refmodule{os} is imported, there is \emph{no} performance penalty in using it instead -of \module{posix}. In addition, \module{os}\refstmodindex{os} +of \module{posix}. In addition, \refmodule{os}\refstmodindex{os} provides some additional functionality, such as automatically calling \function{putenv()} when an entry in \code{os.environ} is changed. @@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ Module \module{posix} defines the following data item: \begin{datadesc}{environ} A dictionary representing the string environment at the time the interpreter was started. For example, \code{environ['HOME']} is the -pathname of your home directory, equivalent to \code{getenv("HOME")} -in C. +pathname of your home directory, equivalent to +\code{getenv("HOME")} in C. Modifying this dictionary does not affect the string environment passed on by \function{execv()}, \function{popen()} or