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authorÉric Araujo <merwok@netwok.org>2011-07-28 21:08:11 (GMT)
committerÉric Araujo <merwok@netwok.org>2011-07-28 21:08:11 (GMT)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/profile.rst b/Doc/library/profile.rst
index 3931836..ca54021 100644
--- a/Doc/library/profile.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/profile.rst
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ The Python standard library provides two different profilers:
2. :mod:`profile`, a pure Python module whose interface is imitated by
:mod:`cProfile`. Adds significant overhead to profiled programs. If you're
trying to extend the profiler in some way, the task might be easier with this
- module. Copyright © 1994, by InfoSeek Corporation.
+ module.
The :mod:`profile` and :mod:`cProfile` modules export the same interface, so
they are mostly interchangeable; :mod:`cProfile` has a much lower overhead but
@@ -592,27 +592,3 @@ The resulting profiler will then call :func:`your_time_func`.
functions should be used with care and should be as fast as possible. For the
best results with a custom timer, it might be necessary to hard-code it in the C
source of the internal :mod:`_lsprof` module.
-
-
-Copyright and License Notices
-=============================
-
-Copyright © 1994, by InfoSeek Corporation, all rights reserved.
-
-Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this Python software and its
-associated documentation for any purpose (subject to the restriction in the
-following sentence) without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
-copyright notice appears in all copies, and that both that copyright notice and
-this permission notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the name of
-InfoSeek not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of
-the software without specific, written prior permission. This permission is
-explicitly restricted to the copying and modification of the software to remain
-in Python, compiled Python, or other languages (such as C) wherein the modified
-or derived code is exclusively imported into a Python module.
-
-INFOSEEK CORPORATION DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE,
-INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT
-SHALL INFOSEEK CORPORATION BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL
-DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS,
-WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING
-OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
index 1f194a0..5e5f8c9 100644
--- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
@@ -159,19 +159,25 @@ Directory and files operations
.. function:: move(src, dst)
- Recursively move a file or directory to another location.
+ Recursively move a file or directory (*src*) to another location (*dst*).
- Uses :func:`os.rename` to perform the move. If it fails, for reasons such as
- when *src* and *dst* are on different filesystems or in case of windows where
- rename is not supported when *dst* exists, fallback to copying *src* (with
- :func:`copy2`) to the *dst* and then remove *src*.
+ If the destination is a directory or a symlink to a directory, then *src* is
+ moved inside that directory.
+
+ The destination directory must not already exist. If the destination already
+ exists but is not a directory, it may be overwritten depending on
+ :func:`os.rename` semantics.
+
+ If the destination is on the current filesystem, then :func:`os.rename` is
+ used. Otherwise, *src* is copied (using :func:`copy2`) to *dst* and then
+ removed.
.. exception:: Error
- This exception collects exceptions that raised during a multi-file operation. For
- :func:`copytree`, the exception argument is a list of 3-tuples (*srcname*,
- *dstname*, *exception*).
+ This exception collects exceptions that are raised during a multi-file
+ operation. For :func:`copytree`, the exception argument is a list of 3-tuples
+ (*srcname*, *dstname*, *exception*).
.. _shutil-example:
@@ -269,7 +275,7 @@ Archiving operations
.. function:: get_archive_formats()
- Returns a list of supported formats for archiving.
+ Return a list of supported formats for archiving.
Each element of the returned sequence is a tuple ``(name, description)``
By default :mod:`shutil` provides these formats:
@@ -287,7 +293,7 @@ Archiving operations
.. function:: register_archive_format(name, function, [extra_args, [description]])
- Registers an archiver for the format *name*. *function* is a callable that
+ Register an archiver for the format *name*. *function* is a callable that
will be used to invoke the archiver.
If given, *extra_args* is a sequence of ``(name, value)`` pairs that will be