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author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1998-03-11 05:50:42 (GMT) |
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committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1998-03-11 05:50:42 (GMT) |
commit | db9693ec97d9f37b6823db46ac423fbc40480288 (patch) | |
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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} |