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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1997-12-30 20:38:16 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1997-12-30 20:38:16 (GMT)
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Correct small nits reported by Rob Hooft.
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@@ -148,17 +148,17 @@ Return a string representing the current working directory.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{getegid}{}
-Return the current process's effective group id.
+Return the current process' effective group id.
(Not on MS-DOS.)
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{geteuid}{}
-Return the current process's effective user id.
+Return the current process' effective user id.
(Not on MS-DOS.)
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{getgid}{}
-Return the current process's group id.
+Return the current process' group id.
(Not on MS-DOS.)
\end{funcdesc}
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ Return the parent's process id.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{getuid}{}
-Return the current process's user id.
+Return the current process' user id.
(Not on MS-DOS.)
\end{funcdesc}
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ Remove the directory \var{path}.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{setgid}{gid}
-Set the current process's group id.
+Set the current process' group id.
(Not on MS-DOS.)
\end{funcdesc}
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ semantics.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{setuid}{uid}
-Set the current process's user id.
+Set the current process' user id.
(Not on MS-DOS.)
\end{funcdesc}
@@ -424,8 +424,9 @@ operating system. The tuple contains 5 strings:
\code{(\var{sysname}, \var{nodename}, \var{release}, \var{version}, \var{machine})}.
Some systems truncate the nodename to 8
characters or to the leading component; a better way to get the
-hostname is \code{socket.gethostname()}. (Not on MS-DOS, nor on older
-\UNIX{} systems.)
+hostname is \code{socket.gethostname()} or even
+\code{socket.gethostbyaddr(socket.gethostname())}.
+(Not on MS-DOS, nor on older \UNIX{} systems.)
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{unlink}{path}