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authorSenthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com>2011-07-04 18:28:30 (GMT)
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issue10403 - Let's not use members anymore. Use 'attribute' where it denotes attribute and 'methods' where it denotes methods. Context should clarify usage.
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.. note::
- The exact meaning and resolution of the :attr:`st_atime`, :attr:`st_mtime`, and
- :attr:`st_ctime` members depends on the operating system and the file system.
- For example, on Windows systems using the FAT or FAT32 file systems,
- :attr:`st_mtime` has 2-second resolution, and :attr:`st_atime` has only 1-day
- resolution. See your operating system documentation for details.
+ The exact meaning and resolution of the :attr:`st_atime`,
+ :attr:`st_mtime`, and :attr:`st_ctime` attributes depend on the operating
+ system and the file system. For example, on Windows systems using the FAT
+ or FAT32 file systems, :attr:`st_mtime` has 2-second resolution, and
+ :attr:`st_atime` has only 1-day resolution. See your operating system
+ documentation for details.
For backward compatibility, the return value of :func:`~os.stat` is also accessible
as a tuple of at least 10 integers giving the most important (and portable)