15861b2a41
Update portability information for the spawn*() functions and related
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constants. Someone will need to fill in information on the spawn*()
functions that aren't listed.
2000-02-29 05:19:38 +00:00
88f6ca2ce9
Document getgroups(), getlogin(), fpathconf(), pathconf(),
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pathconf_names, confstr(), confstr_names, sysconf(), sysconf_names.
1999-12-15 19:39:04 +00:00
18f7a45324
Document the new stuff in the os module.
1999-12-09 22:11:43 +00:00
933d5a7c6e
os.name: Note that 'java' is one of the registered names.
1999-09-17 14:38:39 +00:00
31e5e37196
Explain the possible range of values for the pid parameter to
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waitpid().
1999-08-13 13:36:33 +00:00
8c9fc00f8d
Add index entry "I/O control, buffering" for fdopen().
1999-08-05 13:41:31 +00:00
6db897c52c
Move chdir() and getcwd() descriptions to "Files and Directories" with
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a pointer from the "Process Parameters" section. Based on comments
from Aahz Maruch, Tim Peters, and GvR.
1999-07-12 16:49:30 +00:00
227020894a
For spawn*(), point to the magic constants; some readers have a hard
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time finding the bindings.
1999-07-02 14:01:03 +00:00
859dc53a52
Per Frank Stajano's suggestion, state explicitly that the functions
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described in the sub-sections are directly available at the module
level. He found this confusing.
1999-07-01 13:54:40 +00:00
a88ef00a50
Further clarfication of the system-dependence of the system() return
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value, based on comments from Tim Peters.
1999-06-18 19:11:25 +00:00
2f9790195b
Added 'ce' to the list of "registered" values for os.name.
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Make references to the posix module hyperlinks.
1999-06-11 18:28:37 +00:00
7a62128722
At David Ascher's request, clarify that os.system() always returns 0
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on Win95 & Win98.
1999-06-10 15:07:05 +00:00
6b330ba857
"proces" --> "process"; reported by Gerry Wiener <gerry@ucar.edu>.
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Added some index entries.
1999-05-25 13:42:26 +00:00
0e1de8bd6b
Minor nits, partly in response to comments from Jonathan Black
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<jblack@Ridgeway-Sys.com>.
1999-04-29 12:57:32 +00:00
ec6baaf618
Small markup nits.
1999-04-21 18:13:31 +00:00
35c3ffdc3f
Fixed description of WSTOPSIG(), added WTERMSIG(). Problem reported
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by Jonathan Giddy <jon@dgs.monash.edu.au>.
1999-03-04 14:08:10 +00:00
390636382a
Typo: "Availabilty" --> "Availability"
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Thanks to /F!
1999-02-26 14:05:02 +00:00
9329e5ec75
Remove "_" from the P_* symbols used with the spawn*() functions.
1999-02-16 19:40:19 +00:00
0c9608cf1b
Portability fix for [f]statvfs() return tuple: no longer return the
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f_fsid field, since it's not a scalar on all systems supporting this
call (in particular, it's a tuple of two longs on AIX). Since it's
not particularly useful, just nuke it. Adapted the doc strings too.
1999-02-03 16:32:37 +00:00
215fe2f204
Fix the os/posix documentation issue.
1999-02-02 19:02:35 +00:00
8692998018
Added index entries to make it easier to locate directory operations.
1998-12-28 21:58:15 +00:00
e7210dad6c
Fix arguments for renames(); bug spotted by Oliver Andrich
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<oli@rhein-zeitung.de>.
1998-08-17 13:29:06 +00:00
295da24eaf
New section header style.
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Fix up a few synopses.
1998-08-10 19:42:37 +00:00
1a3c2a0ede
Markup nits.
1998-08-06 15:18:23 +00:00
56fa8a7e4b
Marked makedirs(), removedirs(), renames() as added in 1.5.2.
1998-08-06 13:45:42 +00:00
89a79d19b7
Document makedirs(), removedirs(), renames() -- ESR-inspired super-versions
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of mkdir(), rmdir() and rename() that make or remove intermediate
directories as well.
1998-07-24 20:48:20 +00:00
b91e934cf1
Adjusted to use the new module synopsis support macros.
1998-07-23 17:59:49 +00:00
9c59ce9b5a
Documented os.linesep (line separator).
1998-06-30 15:54:27 +00:00
3a0351cf85
Remove all uses of \sectcode; we can now use logical markup everywhere.
1998-04-04 07:23:21 +00:00
c4f15af7de
Logical markup. small nits.
1998-03-10 03:17:26 +00:00
1947991c2f
Remove all \bcode / \ecode cruft; this is no longer needed. See previous
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checkin of myformat.sty.
Change "\renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(...)}" to "\setindexsubitem{(...)}"
everywhere.
Some other minor nits that I happened to come across.
1998-02-13 06:58:54 +00:00
65b32f7f74
Consistently use \POSIX{} to denote POSIX. There were at least two different
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ways to do it previously (not counting module names).
1998-02-09 20:27:12 +00:00
b2afc811c2
Added os.altsep; this is '/' on DOS/Windows, and None on systems with
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a sane filename syntax.
1997-08-29 22:37:44 +00:00
e47da0ae04
AMK's megapatch:
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* \bcode, \ecode added everywhere
* \label{module-foo} added everywhere
* A few \seealso sections added.
* Indentation fixed inside verbatim in lib*tex files
1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
470be14c8a
mass changes; fix titles; add examples; correct typos; clarifications;
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unified style; etc.
1995-03-17 16:07:09 +00:00
6bb1adc7ee
small changes by Soren Larsen
1995-03-13 10:03:32 +00:00
5fdeeeae2a
Restructured library documentation
1994-01-02 01:22:07 +00:00
Fred Drake
Guido van Rossum