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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1995-03-13 10:03:32 (GMT)
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% Manual text by Jaap Vermeulen
\section{Built-in module \sectcode{fcntl}}
\bimodindex{fcntl}
-\indexii{UNIX}{file control}
-\indexii{UNIX}{IO control}
+\indexii{\UNIX{}}{file control}
+\indexii{\UNIX{}}{I/O control}
-This module performs file control and IO control on file descriptors.
-It is an interface to the \dfn{fcntl()} and \dfn{ioctl()} \UNIX routines.
+This module performs file control and I/O control on file descriptors.
+It is an interface to the \dfn{fcntl()} and \dfn{ioctl()} \UNIX{} routines.
File descriptors can be obtained with the \dfn{fileno()} method of a
file or socket object.
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ The module defines the following functions:
the argument missing or an integer value, the return value of this
function is the integer return value of the real \code{fcntl()}
call. When the argument is a string it represents a binary
- structure, e.g. created by \code{struct.pack()}. The binary data is
+ structure, e.g.\ created by \code{struct.pack()}. The binary data is
copied to a buffer whose address is passed to the real \code{fcntl()}
call. The return value after a successful call is the contents of
- the buffer, converted to a string object. In the case the
+ the buffer, converted to a string object. In case the
\code{fcntl()} fails, an \code{IOError} will be raised.
\end{funcdesc}