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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2008-05-26 17:55:52 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2008-05-26 17:55:52 (GMT)
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Fix old-style octal literals in the docs.
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@@ -490,10 +490,10 @@ by file descriptors.
.. function:: open(file, flags[, mode])
- Open the file *file* and set various flags according to *flags* and possibly its
- mode according to *mode*. The default *mode* is ``0777`` (octal), and the
- current umask value is first masked out. Return the file descriptor for the
- newly opened file. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+ Open the file *file* and set various flags according to *flags* and possibly
+ its mode according to *mode*. The default *mode* is ``0o777`` (octal), and
+ the current umask value is first masked out. Return the file descriptor for
+ the newly opened file. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
For a description of the flag and mode values, see the C run-time documentation;
flag constants (like :const:`O_RDONLY` and :const:`O_WRONLY`) are defined in
@@ -823,9 +823,9 @@ Files and Directories
.. function:: mkfifo(path[, mode])
- Create a FIFO (a named pipe) named *path* with numeric mode *mode*. The default
- *mode* is ``0666`` (octal). The current umask value is first masked out from
- the mode. Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
+ Create a FIFO (a named pipe) named *path* with numeric mode *mode*. The
+ default *mode* is ``0o666`` (octal). The current umask value is first masked
+ out from the mode. Availability: Macintosh, Unix.
FIFOs are pipes that can be accessed like regular files. FIFOs exist until they
are deleted (for example with :func:`os.unlink`). Generally, FIFOs are used as
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ Files and Directories
doesn't open the FIFO --- it just creates the rendezvous point.
-.. function:: mknod(filename[, mode=0600, device])
+.. function:: mknod(filename[, mode=0o600, device])
Create a filesystem node (file, device special file or named pipe) named
*filename*. *mode* specifies both the permissions to use and the type of node to
@@ -865,9 +865,10 @@ Files and Directories
.. function:: mkdir(path[, mode])
- Create a directory named *path* with numeric mode *mode*. The default *mode* is
- ``0777`` (octal). On some systems, *mode* is ignored. Where it is used, the
- current umask value is first masked out. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
+ Create a directory named *path* with numeric mode *mode*. The default *mode*
+ is ``0o777`` (octal). On some systems, *mode* is ignored. Where it is used,
+ the current umask value is first masked out. Availability: Macintosh, Unix,
+ Windows.
It is also possible to create temporary directories; see the
:mod:`tempfile` module's :func:`tempfile.mkdtemp` function.
@@ -880,10 +881,10 @@ Files and Directories
single: UNC paths; and os.makedirs()
Recursive directory creation function. Like :func:`mkdir`, but makes all
- intermediate-level directories needed to contain the leaf directory. Throws an
- :exc:`error` exception if the leaf directory already exists or cannot be
- created. The default *mode* is ``0777`` (octal). On some systems, *mode* is
- ignored. Where it is used, the current umask value is first masked out.
+ intermediate-level directories needed to contain the leaf directory. Throws
+ an :exc:`error` exception if the leaf directory already exists or cannot be
+ created. The default *mode* is ``0o777`` (octal). On some systems, *mode*
+ is ignored. Where it is used, the current umask value is first masked out.
.. note::