Add doc for access() and ttyname(). Patch by Sean Reifschneider.

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Guido van Rossum 1999-01-06 23:03:43 +00:00
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@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ When exceptions are strings, the string for the exception is
It defines the following functions and constants:
\begin{funcdesc}{access}{path, mode}
Check read/write/execute permissions for this process or extance of file
\var{path}. Return \code{1} if access is granted, \code{0} if not.
See the \UNIX{} manual for the semantics.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{chdir}{path}
Change the current working directory to \var{path}.
\end{funcdesc}
@ -321,6 +327,12 @@ actually preferable to assign to items of \code{os.environ}.
Return the error message corresponding to the error code in \var{code}.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{ttyname}{fd}
Return a string which specifies the terminal device associated with
file-descriptor \var{fd}. If \var{fd} is not associated with a terminal
device, an exception is raised.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{read}{fd, n}
Read at most \var{n} bytes from file descriptor \var{fd}.
Return a string containing the bytes read.