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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2009-06-08 13:34:52 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2009-06-08 13:34:52 (GMT) |
| commit | e590d57d063399deafd4f8ae7da1c8251fb398a6 (patch) | |
| tree | f70d2f0738b7070115c9dd482a18ff2fb82a6d8c | |
| parent | 42a826408b7e7d0a482ca8564574caff6ec8b39d (diff) | |
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#6194: O_SHLOCK/O_EXLOCK are not really more platform independent than lockf().
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diff --git a/Doc/library/fcntl.rst b/Doc/library/fcntl.rst index fa0b3cb..b186d14 100644 --- a/Doc/library/fcntl.rst +++ b/Doc/library/fcntl.rst @@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ lay-out for the *lockdata* variable is system dependent --- therefore using the Module :mod:`os` If the locking flags :const:`O_SHLOCK` and :const:`O_EXLOCK` are present - in the :mod:`os` module, the :func:`os.open` function provides a more - platform-independent alternative to the :func:`lockf` and :func:`flock` - functions. + in the :mod:`os` module (on BSD only), the :func:`os.open` function + provides an alternative to the :func:`lockf` and :func:`flock` functions. |