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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1997-03-25 22:07:53 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1997-03-25 22:07:53 (GMT)
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Added docs for glob
-rw-r--r--Doc/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/liballos.tex3
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libglob.tex35
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libundoc.tex2
-rw-r--r--Doc/liballos.tex3
-rw-r--r--Doc/libglob.tex35
-rw-r--r--Doc/libundoc.tex2
7 files changed, 77 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/Makefile b/Doc/Makefile
index db63157..a0eebc6 100644
--- a/Doc/Makefile
+++ b/Doc/Makefile
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ LIBFILES = lib.tex \
libxdrlib.tex libimghdr.tex \
librestricted.tex librexec.tex libbastion.tex \
libformatter.tex liboperator.tex libsoundex.tex libresource.tex \
- libstat.tex libstrio.tex libundoc.tex libmailcap.tex
+ libstat.tex libstrio.tex libundoc.tex libmailcap.tex libglob.tex
# Library document
lib.dvi: $(LIBFILES)
diff --git a/Doc/lib/liballos.tex b/Doc/lib/liballos.tex
index c167109..5cf7f94 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/liballos.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/liballos.tex
@@ -23,4 +23,7 @@ systems as well. Here's an overview:
\item[errno]
--- Standard errno system symbols.
+\item[glob]
+--- Unix shell style pathname pattern expansion.
+
\end{description}
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libglob.tex b/Doc/lib/libglob.tex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..142afd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/lib/libglob.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+\section{Standard Module \sectcode{glob}}
+\stmodindex{glob}
+\renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(in module glob)}
+
+The \code{glob} module finds all the pathnames matching a specified
+pattern according to the rules used by the \UNIX{} shell. No tilde
+expansion is done, but \verb\*\, \verb\?\, and character ranges
+expressed with \verb\[]\ will be correctly matched. This is done by
+using the \code{os.listdir()} and \code{fnmatch.fnmatch()} functions
+in concert, and not by actually invoking a subshell. (For tilde and
+shell variable expansion, use \code{os.path.expanduser(}) and
+\code{os.path.expandvars()}.)
+
+\begin{funcdesc}{glob}{pathname}
+Returns a possibly-empty list of path names that match \var{pathname},
+which must be a string containing a path specification.
+\var{pathname} can be either absolute (like
+\file{/usr/src/Python1.4/Makefile}) or relative (like
+\file{../../Tools/*.gif}), and can contain shell-style wildcards.
+\end{funcdesc}
+
+For example, consider a directory containing only the following files:
+\file{1.gif}, \file{2.txt}, and \file{card.gif}. \code{glob.glob()}
+will produce the following results. Notice how any leading components
+of the path are preserved.
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+>>> import glob
+>>> glob.glob('./[0-9].*')
+['./1.gif', './2.txt']
+>>> glob.glob('*.gif')
+['1.gif', 'card.gif']
+>>> glob.glob('?.gif')
+['1.gif']
+\end{verbatim}
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libundoc.tex b/Doc/lib/libundoc.tex
index bcd52a9..c2ad102 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libundoc.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libundoc.tex
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ quopri.py -- Conversions to/from quoted-printable transport encoding
Some of these are very old and/or not very robust; marked with ``hmm''.
-glob.py -- filename globbing (high level interface)
-
fnmatch.py -- filename globbing (low level interface)
calendar.py -- Calendar printing functions
diff --git a/Doc/liballos.tex b/Doc/liballos.tex
index c167109..5cf7f94 100644
--- a/Doc/liballos.tex
+++ b/Doc/liballos.tex
@@ -23,4 +23,7 @@ systems as well. Here's an overview:
\item[errno]
--- Standard errno system symbols.
+\item[glob]
+--- Unix shell style pathname pattern expansion.
+
\end{description}
diff --git a/Doc/libglob.tex b/Doc/libglob.tex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..142afd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/libglob.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+\section{Standard Module \sectcode{glob}}
+\stmodindex{glob}
+\renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(in module glob)}
+
+The \code{glob} module finds all the pathnames matching a specified
+pattern according to the rules used by the \UNIX{} shell. No tilde
+expansion is done, but \verb\*\, \verb\?\, and character ranges
+expressed with \verb\[]\ will be correctly matched. This is done by
+using the \code{os.listdir()} and \code{fnmatch.fnmatch()} functions
+in concert, and not by actually invoking a subshell. (For tilde and
+shell variable expansion, use \code{os.path.expanduser(}) and
+\code{os.path.expandvars()}.)
+
+\begin{funcdesc}{glob}{pathname}
+Returns a possibly-empty list of path names that match \var{pathname},
+which must be a string containing a path specification.
+\var{pathname} can be either absolute (like
+\file{/usr/src/Python1.4/Makefile}) or relative (like
+\file{../../Tools/*.gif}), and can contain shell-style wildcards.
+\end{funcdesc}
+
+For example, consider a directory containing only the following files:
+\file{1.gif}, \file{2.txt}, and \file{card.gif}. \code{glob.glob()}
+will produce the following results. Notice how any leading components
+of the path are preserved.
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+>>> import glob
+>>> glob.glob('./[0-9].*')
+['./1.gif', './2.txt']
+>>> glob.glob('*.gif')
+['1.gif', 'card.gif']
+>>> glob.glob('?.gif')
+['1.gif']
+\end{verbatim}
diff --git a/Doc/libundoc.tex b/Doc/libundoc.tex
index bcd52a9..c2ad102 100644
--- a/Doc/libundoc.tex
+++ b/Doc/libundoc.tex
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ quopri.py -- Conversions to/from quoted-printable transport encoding
Some of these are very old and/or not very robust; marked with ``hmm''.
-glob.py -- filename globbing (high level interface)
-
fnmatch.py -- filename globbing (low level interface)
calendar.py -- Calendar printing functions