#5363: fix cmpfiles() docs. Another instance where a prose description is twice as long as the code.
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@ -31,17 +31,24 @@ The :mod:`filecmp` module defines the following functions:
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.. function:: cmpfiles(dir1, dir2, common[, shallow])
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.. function:: cmpfiles(dir1, dir2, common[, shallow])
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Returns three lists of file names: *match*, *mismatch*, *errors*. *match*
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Compare the files in the two directories *dir1* and *dir2* whose names are
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contains the list of files match in both directories, *mismatch* includes the
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given by *common*.
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names of those that don't, and *errros* lists the names of files which could not
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be compared. Files may be listed in *errors* because the user may lack
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permission to read them or many other reasons, but always that the comparison
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could not be done for some reason.
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The *common* parameter is a list of file names found in both directories. The
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Returns three lists of file names: *match*, *mismatch*,
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*shallow* parameter has the same meaning and default value as for
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*errors*. *match* contains the list of files that match, *mismatch* contains
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the names of those that don't, and *errors* lists the names of files which
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could not be compared. Files are listed in *errors* if they don't exist in
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one of the directories, the user lacks permission to read them or if the
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comparison could not be done for some other reason.
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The *shallow* parameter has the same meaning and default value as for
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:func:`filecmp.cmp`.
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:func:`filecmp.cmp`.
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For example, ``cmpfiles('a', 'b', ['c', 'd/e'])`` will compare ``a/c`` with
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``b/c`` and ``a/d/e`` with ``b/d/e``. ``'c'`` and ``'d/e'`` will each be in
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one of the three returned lists.
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Example::
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Example::
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>>> import filecmp
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>>> import filecmp
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