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author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2003-03-20 17:39:38 (GMT) |
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committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2003-03-20 17:39:38 (GMT) |
commit | 5c7b2487cd5cb89118c4cb60a09d38ece1552c68 (patch) | |
tree | 4ec77abc3d229499c48f3dc1d221b4b1eac5e23a /Doc/lib/libos.tex | |
parent | 26f42f68211d320307a771c075bcabe18f7c62b9 (diff) | |
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- explain what a UNC path is in the makedirs() description, since
they're actually mentioned there
- remove some extraneous paragraph separations
- \versionadded --> \versionchanged in one place
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex index 844704b..07762c6 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex @@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ entries \code{'.'} and \code{'..'} even if they are present in the directory. Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows. -\versionadded[On Windows NT/2k/XP and Unix, if \var{path} is a Unicode +\versionchanged[On Windows NT/2k/XP and Unix, if \var{path} is a Unicode object, the result will be a list of Unicode objects.]{2.3} \end{funcdesc} @@ -742,25 +742,21 @@ of S_IFREG, S_IFCHR, S_IFBLK, and S_IFIFO (those constants are available in \module{stat}). For S_IFCHR and S_IFBLK, \var{device} defines the newly created device special file (probably using \function{os.makedev()}), otherwise it is ignored. - \versionadded{2.3} \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{major}{device} Extracts a device major number from a raw device number. - \versionadded{2.3} \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{minor}{device} Extracts a device minor number from a raw device number. - \versionadded{2.3} \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{makedev}{major, minor} Composes a raw device number from the major and minor device numbers. - \versionadded{2.3} \end{funcdesc} @@ -773,13 +769,15 @@ Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{makedirs}{path\optional{, mode}} -\index{directory!creating} -Recursive directory creation function. Like \function{mkdir()}, +Recursive directory creation function.\index{directory!creating} +\index{UNC paths!and \function{os.makedirs()}} +Like \function{mkdir()}, but makes all intermediate-level directories needed to contain the leaf directory. Throws an \exception{error} exception if the leaf directory already exists or cannot be created. The default \var{mode} is \code{0777} (octal). This function does not properly handle UNC -paths (only relevant on Windows systems). +paths (only relevant on Windows systems; Universal Naming Convention +paths are those that use the `\code{\e\e host\e path}' syntax). \versionadded{1.5.2} \end{funcdesc} |