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authorVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com>2015-11-13 08:13:48 (GMT)
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Issue #25605: Document exceptions raised by fcntl.ioctl() and fcntl.flock()
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@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ The module defines the following functions:
buffer 1024 bytes long which is then passed to :func:`ioctl` and copied back
into the supplied buffer.
+ If the :c:func:`ioctl` fails, an :exc:`IOError` exception is raised.
+
An example::
>>> import array, fcntl, struct, termios, os
@@ -104,6 +106,8 @@ The module defines the following functions:
:manpage:`flock(2)` for details. (On some systems, this function is emulated
using :c:func:`fcntl`.)
+ If the :c:func:`flock` fails, an :exc:`IOError` exception is raised.
+
.. function:: lockf(fd, operation, [length, [start, [whence]]])