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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2010-11-26 12:12:14 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2010-11-26 12:12:14 (GMT) |
| commit | fe12390b45ac5ac8080461d21e0471e4a690dc71 (patch) | |
| tree | 2ef644bfd5e89740b40385ee18a5be54b068a3c2 /Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst | |
| parent | 326c57d1d918ff94a174821ffe6590c149054d1c (diff) | |
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Better example for os.system(): do not change the system time.
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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst b/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst index 61e1a45..9d25dbd 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst @@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ The :mod:`os` module provides dozens of functions for interacting with the operating system:: >>> import os - >>> os.system('time 0:02') - 0 >>> os.getcwd() # Return the current working directory 'C:\\Python31' - >>> os.chdir('/server/accesslogs') + >>> os.chdir('/server/accesslogs') # Change current working directory + >>> os.system('mkdir today') # Run the command mkdir in the system shell + 0 Be sure to use the ``import os`` style instead of ``from os import *``. This will keep :func:`os.open` from shadowing the built-in :func:`open` function which |