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author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1999-04-21 21:15:35 (GMT) |
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committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1999-04-21 21:15:35 (GMT) |
commit | d146edfaf1cae84cf9f4d3505279c8618722397c (patch) | |
tree | e420855cec301ee4568fa7863f53d3de27dd8021 /Doc/lib/libposixfile.tex | |
parent | b11d108cdc8890795d2341db84b90dc7bcce7a5b (diff) | |
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Mark the "Notes:" sections under tables the same way it's done
elsewhere in the library reference.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposixfile.tex b/Doc/lib/libposixfile.tex index b5c4451..d3445f7 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libposixfile.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libposixfile.tex @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \indexii{\POSIX{}}{file object} -\emph{Note:} This module will become obsolete in a future release. +\strong{Note:} This module will become obsolete in a future release. The locking operation that it provides is done better and more portably by the \function{fcntl.lockf()} call.% \withsubitem{(in module fcntl)}{\ttindex{lockf()}} @@ -123,12 +123,15 @@ In addition the following modifiers can be added to the format: \code{None} if there is no conflict.}{(1)} \end{tableiii} +\noindent Note: -(1) The lock returned is in the format \code{(\var{mode}, \var{len}, +\begin{description} +\item[(1)] The lock returned is in the format \code{(\var{mode}, \var{len}, \var{start}, \var{whence}, \var{pid})} where \var{mode} is a character representing the type of lock ('r' or 'w'). This modifier prevents a request from being granted; it is for query purposes only. +\end{description} Format characters for the \method{flags()} method have the following meanings: @@ -149,12 +152,15 @@ In addition the following modifiers can be added to the format: are set.}{(2)} \end{tableiii} -Note: +\noindent +Notes: -(1) The \samp{!} and \samp{=} modifiers are mutually exclusive. +\begin{description} +\item[(1)] The \samp{!} and \samp{=} modifiers are mutually exclusive. -(2) This string represents the flags after they may have been altered +\item[(2)] This string represents the flags after they may have been altered by the same call. +\end{description} Examples: |