From 578a3f9638a28b2969d78265037cb09cf8cfbce2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fred Drake Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 15:45:46 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Moshe Zadka : Document new method in shutil (copyfileobj). Minor clarification by Fred. --- Doc/lib/libshutil.tex | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libshutil.tex b/Doc/lib/libshutil.tex index 5da3a0e196f..ad96bd38bde 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libshutil.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libshutil.tex @@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ file type and creator codes will not be correct. it will be replaced, otherwise it will be created. \end{funcdesc} +\begin{funcdesc}{copyfileobj}{fsrc, fdst\optional{, length}} + Copy the contents of the file-like object \var{fsrc} to the + file-like object \var{fdst}. The integer \var{length}, if given, + is the buffer size. In particular, a negative \var{length} value + means to copy the data without looping over the source data in + chunks; by default the data is read in chunks to avoid uncontrolled + memory consumption. +\end{funcdesc} + \begin{funcdesc}{copymode}{src, dst} Copy the permission bits from \var{src} to \var{dst}. The file contents, owner, and group are unaffected.