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author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1999-03-16 16:40:01 (GMT) |
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committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1999-03-16 16:40:01 (GMT) |
commit | 8d2c0c2ab4e5f5d4c930c344e0cdc7b800f6c17a (patch) | |
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Fixed minor nits, added index entries to make these easier to find for people
not familiar with Unix terminology.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libglob.tex b/Doc/lib/libglob.tex index 5ef06f3..9efc5aa 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libglob.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libglob.tex @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ \section{\module{glob} --- - \UNIX{} shell style pathname pattern expansion.} -\declaremodule{standard}{glob} + \UNIX{} style pathname pattern expansion} +\declaremodule{standard}{glob} \modulesynopsis{\UNIX{} shell style pathname pattern expansion.} @@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ using the \function{os.listdir()} and \function{fnmatch.fnmatch()} functions in concert, and not by actually invoking a subshell. (For tilde and shell variable expansion, use \function{os.path.expanduser()} and \function{os.path.expandvars()}.) +\index{filenames!pathname expansion} \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/Python-1.5/Makefile}) or relative (like -\file{../../Tools/*.gif}), and can contain shell-style wildcards. +\file{../../Tools/*/*.gif}), and can contain shell-style wildcards. \end{funcdesc} For example, consider a directory containing only the following files: @@ -36,3 +37,8 @@ of the path are preserved. >>> glob.glob('?.gif') ['1.gif'] \end{verbatim} + + +\begin{seealso} + \seemodule{fnmatch}{Shell-style filename (not path) expansion} +\end{seealso} |