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author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2009-05-17 12:29:12 (GMT) |
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committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2009-05-17 12:29:12 (GMT) |
commit | 71515ca191f32651c923c70e891632b4ac820b4f (patch) | |
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diff --git a/Doc/library/fcntl.rst b/Doc/library/fcntl.rst index 0e69407..a397afc 100644 --- a/Doc/library/fcntl.rst +++ b/Doc/library/fcntl.rst @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ - :mod:`fcntl` --- The :func:`fcntl` and :func:`ioctl` system calls ================================================================= @@ -65,13 +64,13 @@ The module defines the following functions: so long as the buffer you pass is as least as long as what the operating system wants to put there, things should work. - If *mutate_flag* is true (the default), then the buffer is (in effect) passed to the - underlying :func:`ioctl` system call, the latter's return code is passed back to - the calling Python, and the buffer's new contents reflect the action of the - :func:`ioctl`. This is a slight simplification, because if the supplied buffer - is less than 1024 bytes long it is first copied into a static buffer 1024 bytes - long which is then passed to :func:`ioctl` and copied back into the supplied - buffer. + If *mutate_flag* is true (the default), then the buffer is (in effect) passed + to the underlying :func:`ioctl` system call, the latter's return code is + passed back to the calling Python, and the buffer's new contents reflect the + action of the :func:`ioctl`. This is a slight simplification, because if the + supplied buffer is less than 1024 bytes long it is first copied into a static + buffer 1024 bytes long which is then passed to :func:`ioctl` and copied back + into the supplied buffer. An example:: |