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| author | Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> | 2013-10-13 17:12:43 (GMT) |
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| committer | Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> | 2013-10-13 17:12:43 (GMT) |
| commit | dab8354920be8b2c88b8fd390ecb3345ee155d82 (patch) | |
| tree | ed50c8af4494a4d1248382514e5e0e08ec1badc1 /Doc/library/posix.rst | |
| parent | 5e1c053f0c024d53a8618937d6cfbc612d253bdd (diff) | |
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Issue #19207: Improved cross-references in the os, os.path, and posix modules
documentation.
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/posix.rst b/Doc/library/posix.rst index ba1b4b5..06bab04 100644 --- a/Doc/library/posix.rst +++ b/Doc/library/posix.rst @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ systems the :mod:`posix` module is not available, but a subset is always available through the :mod:`os` interface. Once :mod:`os` is imported, there is *no* performance penalty in using it instead of :mod:`posix`. In addition, :mod:`os` provides some additional functionality, such as automatically calling -:func:`putenv` when an entry in ``os.environ`` is changed. +:func:`~os.putenv` when an entry in ``os.environ`` is changed. Errors are reported as exceptions; the usual exceptions are given for type errors, while errors reported by the system calls raise :exc:`OSError`. @@ -74,9 +74,10 @@ In addition to many functions described in the :mod:`os` module documentation, pathname of your home directory, equivalent to ``getenv("HOME")`` in C. Modifying this dictionary does not affect the string environment passed on by - :func:`execv`, :func:`popen` or :func:`system`; if you need to change the - environment, pass ``environ`` to :func:`execve` or add variable assignments and - export statements to the command string for :func:`system` or :func:`popen`. + :func:`~os.execv`, :func:`~os.popen` or :func:`~os.system`; if you need to + change the environment, pass ``environ`` to :func:`~os.execve` or add + variable assignments and export statements to the command string for + :func:`~os.system` or :func:`~os.popen`. .. versionchanged:: 3.2 On Unix, keys and values are bytes. |