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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1998-03-11 05:50:42 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1998-03-11 05:50:42 (GMT)
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Logical markup.
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-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libppath.tex32
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libppath.tex b/Doc/lib/libppath.tex
index 5b1f16f..f1d17d6 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libppath.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libppath.tex
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@
This module implements some useful functions on \POSIX{} pathnames.
\strong{Do not import this module directly.} Instead, import the
-module \code{os} and use \code{os.path}.
+module \module{os} and use \code{os.path}.
\refstmodindex{os}
-\setindexsubitem{(in module posixpath)}
\begin{funcdesc}{basename}{p}
Return the base name of pathname
@@ -36,9 +35,9 @@ Return the argument with an initial component of \samp{\~} or
\samp{\~\var{user}} replaced by that \var{user}'s home directory. An
initial \samp{\~{}} is replaced by the environment variable \code{\${}HOME};
an initial \samp{\~\var{user}} is looked up in the password directory through
-the built-in module \code{pwd}. If the expansion fails, or if the
-path does not begin with a tilde, the path is returned unchanged.
-\refbimodindex{pwd}
+the built-in module \module{pwd}\refbimodindex{pwd}. If the expansion
+fails, or if the path does not begin with a tilde, the path is
+returned unchanged.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{expandvars}{p}
@@ -55,14 +54,14 @@ Return true if \var{p} is an absolute pathname (begins with a slash).
\begin{funcdesc}{isfile}{p}
Return true if \var{p} is an existing regular file. This follows
-symbolic links, so both \code{islink()} and \code{isfile()} can be
-true for the same path.
+symbolic links, so both \function{islink()} and \function{isfile()}
+can be true for the same path.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{isdir}{p}
Return true if \var{p} is an existing directory. This follows
-symbolic links, so both \code{islink()} and \code{isdir()} can be true
-for the same path.
+symbolic links, so both \function{islink()} and \function{isdir()} can
+be true for the same path.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{islink}{p}
@@ -100,14 +99,15 @@ slashes.
Normalize a pathname. This collapses redundant separators and
up-level references, e.g. \code{A//B}, \code{A/./B} and
\code{A/foo/../B} all become \code{A/B}. It does not normalize the
-case (use \code{normcase()} for that). On Windows, it does converts
-forward slashes to backward slashes.
+case (use \function{normcase()} for that). On Windows, it does
+converts forward slashes to backward slashes.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{samefile}{p\, q}
-Return true if both pathname arguments refer to the same file or directory
-(as indicated by device number and i-node number).
-Raise an exception if a \code{stat()} call on either pathname fails.
+Return true if both pathname arguments refer to the same file or
+directory (as indicated by device number and i-node number).
+Raise an exception if a \function{os.stat()} call on either pathname
+fails.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{split}{p}
@@ -136,10 +136,10 @@ Calls the function \var{visit} with arguments
directory tree rooted at \var{p} (including \var{p} itself, if it is a
directory). The argument \var{dirname} specifies the visited directory,
the argument \var{names} lists the files in the directory (gotten from
-\code{posix.listdir(\var{dirname})}).
+\code{os.listdir(\var{dirname})}).
The \var{visit} function may modify \var{names} to
influence the set of directories visited below \var{dirname}, e.g., to
avoid visiting certain parts of the tree. (The object referred to by
-\var{names} must be modified in place, using \code{del} or slice
+\var{names} must be modified in place, using \keyword{del} or slice
assignment.)
\end{funcdesc}