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  r72506 | vinay.sajip | 2009-05-09 07:07:17 -0500 (Sat, 09 May 2009) | 1 line

  Issue #5971: StreamHandler.handleError now swallows IOErrors which occur when trying to print a traceback.
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  r72525 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-05-09 20:38:02 -0500 (Sat, 09 May 2009) | 1 line

  close file explicitly
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  r72526 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-05-09 21:29:00 -0500 (Sat, 09 May 2009) | 1 line

  make sure files are closed using the with statement
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  r72551 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-05-10 09:16:47 -0500 (Sun, 10 May 2009) | 1 line

  use isinstance
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  r72558 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-05-10 18:52:09 -0500 (Sun, 10 May 2009) | 1 line

  sys.setdefaultencoding() strikes me as a bad example
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  r72616 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-05-13 19:33:10 -0500 (Wed, 13 May 2009) | 1 line

  importlib.import_module is better these days
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  r72654 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-05-14 17:37:49 -0500 (Thu, 14 May 2009) | 1 line

  prevent refleaks from threads
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  r72655 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-05-14 17:40:34 -0500 (Thu, 14 May 2009) | 1 line

  a useful decorator for cleaning up threads
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  r72689 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-05-16 13:44:34 -0500 (Sat, 16 May 2009) | 1 line

  use skipTest()
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  r72745 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-05-17 09:16:29 -0500 (Sun, 17 May 2009) | 1 line

  ignore .rst files in sphinx its self
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  r72750 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-05-17 11:59:27 -0500 (Sun, 17 May 2009) | 1 line

  chop off slash
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  r72802 | georg.brandl | 2009-05-20 13:35:27 -0500 (Wed, 20 May 2009) | 1 line

  #6051: refer to email examples for better way to construct email messages.
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  r72812 | michael.foord | 2009-05-21 17:57:02 -0500 (Thu, 21 May 2009) | 1 line

  Rename TestCase._result to _resultForDoCleanups to avoid potential clashes in TestCase subclasses. Issue 6072.
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  r72822 | georg.brandl | 2009-05-22 04:33:25 -0500 (Fri, 22 May 2009) | 1 line

  #6084: fix example.
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  r72824 | georg.brandl | 2009-05-22 04:43:17 -0500 (Fri, 22 May 2009) | 1 line

  Fix references to file-related functions and methods (os.* vs file.*).
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  r72826 | georg.brandl | 2009-05-22 04:49:42 -0500 (Fri, 22 May 2009) | 1 line

  Fix confusing wording.
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  r72827 | georg.brandl | 2009-05-22 04:50:30 -0500 (Fri, 22 May 2009) | 1 line

  s/use/call/
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  r72833 | georg.brandl | 2009-05-22 12:00:17 -0500 (Fri, 22 May 2009) | 1 line

  #6078: _warnings is a builtin module and has no standard init_warnings function.
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  r72876 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-05-23 15:59:09 -0500 (Sat, 23 May 2009) | 1 line

  remove mention of old ctypes version
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  r72890 | gregory.p.smith | 2009-05-24 13:00:13 -0500 (Sun, 24 May 2009) | 2 lines

  add a versionadded tag for set_tunnel
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  r72923 | michael.foord | 2009-05-25 15:36:56 -0500 (Mon, 25 May 2009) | 1 line

  Make assertSequenceEqual error messages less cryptic, particularly for nested sequences.
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  r72946 | ronald.oussoren | 2009-05-26 13:44:48 -0500 (Tue, 26 May 2009) | 2 lines

  Fixes issue 6110
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  r73026 | r.david.murray | 2009-05-29 14:30:27 -0500 (Fri, 29 May 2009) | 3 lines

  Issue 6141: document that the first item of args is still the
  command name even when executable is specified.
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  r73042 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-05-29 22:10:52 -0500 (Fri, 29 May 2009) | 1 line

  no fdatasync on macos
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  r73045 | georg.brandl | 2009-05-30 02:26:04 -0500 (Sat, 30 May 2009) | 1 line

  #6146: fix markup bug.
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  r73047 | georg.brandl | 2009-05-30 05:33:23 -0500 (Sat, 30 May 2009) | 1 line

  Fix some more small markup problems.
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  r73065 | antoine.pitrou | 2009-05-30 16:39:25 -0500 (Sat, 30 May 2009) | 3 lines

  The test for #5330 wasn't correct.
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  r73068 | antoine.pitrou | 2009-05-30 16:45:40 -0500 (Sat, 30 May 2009) | 3 lines

  Update ACKS
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  r73069 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-05-30 19:42:42 -0500 (Sat, 30 May 2009) | 1 line

  fix signature
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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 2213740..9bb2fc6 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -386,9 +386,9 @@ by file descriptors.
    .. note::
 
       This function is intended for low-level I/O and must be applied to a file
-      descriptor as returned by :func:`open` or :func:`pipe`.  To close a "file
+      descriptor as returned by :func:`os.open` or :func:`pipe`.  To close a "file
       object" returned by the built-in function :func:`open` or by :func:`popen` or
-      :func:`fdopen`, use its :meth:`close` method.
+      :func:`fdopen`, use its :meth:`~file.close` method.
 
 
 .. function:: closerange(fd_low, fd_high)
@@ -439,6 +439,9 @@ by file descriptors.
    Force write of file with filedescriptor *fd* to disk. Does not force update of
    metadata. Availability: Unix.
 
+   .. note::
+      This function is not available on MacOS.
+
 
 .. function:: fpathconf(fd, name)
 
@@ -514,8 +517,8 @@ by file descriptors.
    .. note::
 
       This function is intended for low-level I/O.  For normal usage, use the built-in
-      function :func:`open`, which returns a "file object" with :meth:`read` and
-      :meth:`write` methods (and many more).  To wrap a file descriptor in a "file
+      function :func:`open`, which returns a "file object" with :meth:`~file.read` and
+      :meth:`~file.write` methods (and many more).  To wrap a file descriptor in a "file
       object", use :func:`fdopen`.
 
 
@@ -544,22 +547,22 @@ by file descriptors.
    .. note::
 
       This function is intended for low-level I/O and must be applied to a file
-      descriptor as returned by :func:`open` or :func:`pipe`.  To read a "file object"
+      descriptor as returned by :func:`os.open` or :func:`pipe`.  To read a "file object"
       returned by the built-in function :func:`open` or by :func:`popen` or
-      :func:`fdopen`, or :data:`sys.stdin`, use its :meth:`read` or :meth:`readline`
-      methods.
+      :func:`fdopen`, or :data:`sys.stdin`, use its :meth:`~file.read` or
+      :meth:`~file.readline` methods.
 
 
 .. function:: tcgetpgrp(fd)
 
    Return the process group associated with the terminal given by *fd* (an open
-   file descriptor as returned by :func:`open`). Availability: Unix.
+   file descriptor as returned by :func:`os.open`). Availability: Unix.
 
 
 .. function:: tcsetpgrp(fd, pg)
 
    Set the process group associated with the terminal given by *fd* (an open file
-   descriptor as returned by :func:`open`) to *pg*. Availability: Unix.
+   descriptor as returned by :func:`os.open`) to *pg*. Availability: Unix.
 
 
 .. function:: ttyname(fd)
@@ -577,13 +580,13 @@ by file descriptors.
    .. note::
 
       This function is intended for low-level I/O and must be applied to a file
-      descriptor as returned by :func:`open` or :func:`pipe`.  To write a "file
+      descriptor as returned by :func:`os.open` or :func:`pipe`.  To write a "file
       object" returned by the built-in function :func:`open` or by :func:`popen` or
-      :func:`fdopen`, or :data:`sys.stdout` or :data:`sys.stderr`, use its :meth:`write`
-      method.
+      :func:`fdopen`, or :data:`sys.stdout` or :data:`sys.stderr`, use its
+      :meth:`~file.write` method.
 
 The following constants are options for the *flags* parameter to the
-:func:`open` function.  They can be combined using the bitwise OR operator
+:func:`~os.open` function.  They can be combined using the bitwise OR operator
 ``|``.  Some of them are not available on all platforms.  For descriptions of
 their availability and use, consult the :manpage:`open(2)` manual page on Unix
 or `the MSDN <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z0kc8e3z.aspx>` on Windows.
@@ -660,7 +663,7 @@ Files and Directories
    .. note::
 
       Using :func:`access` to check if a user is authorized to e.g. open a file before
-      actually doing so using :func:`open` creates a  security hole, because the user
+      actually doing so using :func:`open` creates a security hole, because the user
       might exploit the short time interval  between checking and opening the file to
       manipulate it.