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| author | Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> | 2006-12-21 13:40:29 (GMT) |
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| committer | Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> | 2006-12-21 13:40:29 (GMT) |
| commit | 4a8d272dcaa2ac04855315b9082a3ce5f38e0dc0 (patch) | |
| tree | 3c8e601fae34237acf6cd3199ab2ebeab479c0aa /Doc | |
| parent | b6060dbed12e0a4ede6880b7446004345e1f78d9 (diff) | |
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Mention the os.SEEK_* constants
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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libbz2.tex | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libmmap.tex | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex | 9 |
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libbz2.tex b/Doc/lib/libbz2.tex index f40b66f..fe0e3af 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libbz2.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libbz2.tex @@ -90,10 +90,10 @@ performance optimizations previously implemented in the \begin{methoddesc}[BZ2File]{seek}{offset\optional{, whence}} Move to new file position. Argument \var{offset} is a byte count. Optional -argument \var{whence} defaults to \code{0} (offset from start of file, -offset should be \code{>= 0}); other values are \code{1} (move relative to -current position, positive or negative), and \code{2} (move relative to end -of file, usually negative, although many platforms allow seeking beyond +argument \var{whence} defaults to \code{os.SEEK_SET} or \code{0} (offset from start of file; +offset should be \code{>= 0}); other values are \code{os.SEEK_CUR} or \code{1} (move relative to +current position; offset can be positive or negative), and \code{os.SEEK_END} or \code{2} (move relative to end +of file; offset is usually negative, although many platforms allow seeking beyond the end of a file). Note that seeking of bz2 files is emulated, and depending on the parameters diff --git a/Doc/lib/libmmap.tex b/Doc/lib/libmmap.tex index 3dca40f..3763d4f 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libmmap.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libmmap.tex @@ -140,8 +140,9 @@ Memory-mapped file objects support the following methods: \begin{methoddesc}{seek}{pos\optional{, whence}} Set the file's current position. \var{whence} argument is optional - and defaults to \code{0} (absolute file positioning); other values - are \code{1} (seek relative to the current position) and \code{2} + and defaults to \code{os.SEEK_SET} or \code{0} (absolute file + positioning); other values are \code{os.SEEK_CUR} or \code{1} (seek + relative to the current position) and \code{os.SEEK_END} or \code{2} (seek relative to the file's end). \end{methoddesc} diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex index 0693f0d..012e59b 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex @@ -1678,9 +1678,12 @@ flush the read-ahead buffer. \begin{methoddesc}[file]{seek}{offset\optional{, whence}} Set the file's current position, like \code{stdio}'s \cfunction{fseek()}. - The \var{whence} argument is optional and defaults to \code{0} - (absolute file positioning); other values are \code{1} (seek - relative to the current position) and \code{2} (seek relative to the + The \var{whence} argument is optional and defaults to + \code{os.SEEK_SET} or \code{0} + (absolute file positioning); other values are \code{os.SEEK_CUR} or \code{1} + (seek + relative to the current position) and \code{os.SEEK_END} or \code{2} + (seek relative to the file's end). There is no return value. Note that if the file is opened for appending (mode \code{'a'} or \code{'a+'}), any \method{seek()} operations will be undone at the next write. If the |