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whatsnew: os.open O_PATH and O_TMPFILE.

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R David Murray 2014-03-10 15:48:22 -04:00
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the C library.
.. versionchanged:: 3.4
Add :data:`O_TMPFILE` constant. It's only available on Linux Kernel 3.11
Add :data:`O_PATH` on systems that support it.
Add :data:`O_TMPFILE`, only available on Linux Kernel 3.11
or newer.

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@ -1129,10 +1129,11 @@ Windows). (Contributed by Brian Curtin in :issue:`11939`.)
:func:`os.path.ismount` now recognizes volumes mounted below a drive
root on Windows. (Contributed by Tim Golden in :issue:`9035`.)
:func:`os.open` supports a new flag, :data:`~os.O_TMPFILE` (unnamed temporary
file) on platforms that provide it (as of 3.4.0 release, that means Linux
systems with a kernel version of 3.11 or newer that have uapi headers).
(Contributed by Christian Heimes in :issue:`18673`.)
:func:`os.open` supports two new flags on platforms that provide them,
:data:`~os.O_TMPFILE` (unnamed temporary file, as of 3.4.0 release available
only on Linux systems with a kernel version of 3.11 or newer that have uapi
headers), and :data:`~os.O_PATH` (un-opened file descriptor). (Contributed by
Christian Heimes in :issue:`18673` and Benjamin Peterson, respectively.)
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