listdir no longer returns . or ..; added remove==unlink

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Guido van Rossum 1996-02-12 23:16:08 +00:00
parent 71b1815c1d
commit 8c07bb4565
2 changed files with 18 additions and 6 deletions

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@ -177,8 +177,9 @@ Create a hard link pointing to \var{src} named \var{dst}.
\begin{funcdesc}{listdir}{path}
Return a list containing the names of the entries in the directory.
The list is in arbitrary order. It includes the special entries
\code{'.'} and \code{'..'} if they are present in the directory.
The list is in arbitrary order. It does not include the special
entries \code{'.'} and \code{'..'} even if they are present in the
directory.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{lseek}{fd\, pos\, how}
@ -245,6 +246,10 @@ points. (On systems without symbolic links, this always raises
\code{posix.error}.)
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{remove}{path}
Remove the file \var{path}. See \code{rmdir} below to remove a directory.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{rename}{src\, dst}
Rename the file or directory \var{src} to \var{dst}.
\end{funcdesc}
@ -324,7 +329,8 @@ hostname is \code{socket.gethostname()}. (Not on MS-DOS, nor on older
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{unlink}{path}
Unlink \var{path}.
Remove the file \var{path}. This is the same function as \code{remove};
the \code{unlink} name is its traditional \UNIX{} name.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{utime}{path\, \(atime\, mtime\)}

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@ -177,8 +177,9 @@ Create a hard link pointing to \var{src} named \var{dst}.
\begin{funcdesc}{listdir}{path}
Return a list containing the names of the entries in the directory.
The list is in arbitrary order. It includes the special entries
\code{'.'} and \code{'..'} if they are present in the directory.
The list is in arbitrary order. It does not include the special
entries \code{'.'} and \code{'..'} even if they are present in the
directory.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{lseek}{fd\, pos\, how}
@ -245,6 +246,10 @@ points. (On systems without symbolic links, this always raises
\code{posix.error}.)
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{remove}{path}
Remove the file \var{path}. See \code{rmdir} below to remove a directory.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{rename}{src\, dst}
Rename the file or directory \var{src} to \var{dst}.
\end{funcdesc}
@ -324,7 +329,8 @@ hostname is \code{socket.gethostname()}. (Not on MS-DOS, nor on older
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{unlink}{path}
Unlink \var{path}.
Remove the file \var{path}. This is the same function as \code{remove};
the \code{unlink} name is its traditional \UNIX{} name.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{utime}{path\, \(atime\, mtime\)}