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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2013-10-06 16:11:32 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2013-10-06 16:11:32 (GMT)
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Closes #12350: clarify blocks/block size members of stat result.
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@@ -1813,8 +1813,8 @@ features:
On some Unix systems (such as Linux), the following attributes may also be
available:
- * :attr:`st_blocks` - number of blocks allocated for file
- * :attr:`st_blksize` - filesystem blocksize
+ * :attr:`st_blocks` - number of 512-byte blocks allocated for file
+ * :attr:`st_blksize` - filesystem blocksize for efficient file system I/O
* :attr:`st_rdev` - type of device if an inode device
* :attr:`st_flags` - user defined flags for file