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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2004-01-16 16:07:04 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2004-01-16 16:07:04 (GMT)
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@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ The module defines the following functions:
the return value of this function is the integer return value of the
C \cfunction{fcntl()} call. When the argument is a string it
represents a binary structure, e.g.\ created by
- \function{struct.pack()}. The binary data is copied to a buffer
+ \function{\refmodule{struct}.pack()}. The binary data is copied to a buffer
whose address is passed to the C \cfunction{fcntl()} call. The
return value after a successful call is the contents of the buffer,
converted to a string object. The length of the returned string
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ The module defines the following functions:
If \var{mutate_flag} is true, then the buffer is (in effect) passed
to the underlying \function{ioctl()} system call, the latter's
return code is passed back to the calling Python, and the buffer's
- new contents reflect the action of the \function{ioctl}. This is a
+ new contents reflect the action of the \function{ioctl()}. This is a
slight simplification, because if the supplied buffer is less than
1024 bytes long it is first copied into a static buffer 1024 bytes
- long which is then passed to \function{ioctl} and copied back into
+ long which is then passed to \function{ioctl()} and copied back into
the supplied buffer.
If \var{mutate_flag} is not supplied, then in 2.3 it defaults to
@@ -167,9 +167,9 @@ system dependent --- therefore using the \function{flock()} call may be
better.
\begin{seealso}
- \seemodule{os}{The \function{os.open} function supports locking flags
- and is available on a wider variety of platforms than
- the \function{fcntl.lockf} and \function{fcntl.flock}
+ \seemodule{os}{The \function{os.open()} function supports locking flags
+ and is available on a wider variety of platforms than
+ the \function{lockf()} and \function{flock()}
functions, providing a more platform-independent file
locking facility.}
\end{seealso}