From 8c07bb4565f5cd65c1188c865b08defaa2fc3a07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guido van Rossum Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 23:16:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] listdir no longer returns . or ..; added remove==unlink --- Doc/lib/libposix.tex | 12 +++++++++--- Doc/libposix.tex | 12 +++++++++--- 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposix.tex b/Doc/lib/libposix.tex index 643cfda56cb..6696a28b735 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libposix.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libposix.tex @@ -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\, \(atime\, mtime\)} diff --git a/Doc/libposix.tex b/Doc/libposix.tex index 643cfda56cb..6696a28b735 100644 --- a/Doc/libposix.tex +++ b/Doc/libposix.tex @@ -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\, \(atime\, mtime\)}