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Add documentation for updated Windows support in win32_ver(). 

Add documentation for linux_distribution() API.
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Marc-André Lemburg 2008-03-20 17:55:31 +00:00
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@ -195,8 +195,9 @@ Windows Platform
.. note::
This function only works if Mark Hammond's :mod:`win32all` package is installed
and (obviously) only runs on Win32 compatible platforms.
Note: this function works best with Mark Hammond's
:mod:`win32all` package installed, but also on Python 2.3 and
later. It obviously only runs on Win32 compatible platforms.
Win95/98 specific
@ -230,13 +231,31 @@ Unix Platforms
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.. function:: dist(distname='', version='', id='', supported_dists=('SuSE','debian','redhat','mandrake'))
.. function:: dist(distname='', version='', id='', supported_dists=('SuSE','debian','redhat','mandrake',...))
Tries to determine the name of the OS distribution name Returns a tuple
``(distname, version, id)`` which defaults to the args given as parameters.
.. XXX Document linux_distribution()?
``supported_dists`` may be given to define the set of Linux
distributions to look for. It defaults to a list of currently
supported Linux distributions identified by their release file
name.
.. function:: linux_distribution(distname='', version='', id='', supported_dists=('SuSE','debian','redhat','mandrake',...), full_distribution_name=1)
Tries to determine the name of the Linux OS distribution name.
``supported_dists`` may be given to define the set of Linux
distributions to look for. It defaults to a list of currently
supported Linux distributions identified by their release file
name.
If ``full_distribution_name`` is true (default), the full
distribution read from the OS is returned. Otherwise the short name
taken from ``supported_dists`` is used.
Returns a tuple ``(distname,version,id)`` which defaults to the
args given as parameters.
.. function:: libc_ver(executable=sys.executable, lib='', version='', chunksize=2048)