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authorJesus Cea <jcea@jcea.es>2014-10-20 14:18:24 (GMT)
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Docs: 'os.pwrite()' needs bytes, not strings
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@@ -1044,10 +1044,10 @@ or `the MSDN <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z0kc8e3z.aspx>`_ on Window
.. versionadded:: 3.3
-.. function:: pwrite(fd, string, offset)
+.. function:: pwrite(fd, str, offset)
- Write *string* to a file descriptor, *fd*, from *offset*, leaving the file
- offset unchanged.
+ Write *bytestring* to a file descriptor, *fd*, from *offset*,
+ leaving the file offset unchanged.
Availability: Unix.