#6591: add reference to ioctl in fcntl module for platforms other than Windows.

2009-07-29 16:09:17 +00:00 · 2009-07-29 16:09:17 +00:00 · f3d520cc16
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--- a/Doc/library/socket.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst
@ -599,6 +599,9 @@ correspond to Unix system calls applicable to sockets.
   The :meth:`ioctl` method is a limited interface to the WSAIoctl system
   interface. Please refer to the MSDN documentation for more information.

+   On other platforms, the generic :func:`fcntl.fcntl` and :func:`fcntl.ioctl`
+   functions may be used; they accept a socket object as their first argument.
+
   .. versionadded:: 2.6