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authorNeal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com>2005-10-03 05:47:38 (GMT)
committerNeal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com>2005-10-03 05:47:38 (GMT)
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SF Bug #1008310, os.major() os.minor() example and description change. Will backport.
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@@ -843,12 +843,14 @@ defines the newly created device special file (probably using
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{major}{device}
-Extracts a device major number from a raw device number.
+Extracts the device major number from a raw device number (usually
+the \member{st_dev} or \member{st_rdev} field from \ctype{stat}).
\versionadded{2.3}
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{minor}{device}
-Extracts a device minor number from a raw device number.
+Extracts the device minor number from a raw device number (usually
+the \member{st_dev} or \member{st_rdev} field from \ctype{stat}).
\versionadded{2.3}
\end{funcdesc}