From d1d053cc3f3c02595363015e0bee161e1aa4695c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 13:35:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Patch by Itamar S.T. (SF#305470): add reset() method.

---
 Lib/dircache.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Lib/dircache.py b/Lib/dircache.py
index a999743a8d1..6171ff83fde 100644
--- a/Lib/dircache.py
+++ b/Lib/dircache.py
@@ -6,10 +6,15 @@ The annotate() routine appends slashes to directories."""
 
 import os
 
-__all__ = ["listdir","opendir","annotate"]
+__all__ = ["listdir", "opendir", "annotate", "reset"]
 
 cache = {}
 
+def reset():
+      """Reset the cache completely."""
+      global cache
+      cache = {}
+
 def listdir(path):
     """List directory contents, using cache."""
     try: