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author | Brian Curtin <brian@python.org> | 2011-11-07 22:09:20 (GMT) |
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committer | Brian Curtin <brian@python.org> | 2011-11-07 22:09:20 (GMT) |
commit | 569b49432002a4750640c4b3883187796f2f5036 (patch) | |
tree | ac72250d790f11695d9aa8b30ec7c374359a60a2 /Doc | |
parent | 7ef53ef916453fc2d907ae783aa0bd5801aa5575 (diff) | |
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Fix #13327. utimensat now has the atime and mtime arguments set as optional,
defaulting to None like the other utimes family members. It now accepts
keyword arguments because, unlike other other functions in the family,
it has a `flags` value at the end of the argument list (which
retains its 0 default).
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index acd525b..92b24ac 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -1285,17 +1285,17 @@ as internal buffering of data. .. versionadded:: 3.3 -.. function:: utimensat(dirfd, path, (atime_sec, atime_nsec), (mtime_sec, mtime_nsec), flags) - utimensat(dirfd, path, None, None, flags) +.. function:: utimensat(dirfd, path[, atime=(atime_sec, atime_nsec), mtime=(mtime_sec, mtime_nsec), flags=0]) Updates the timestamps of a file with nanosecond precision. - The second form sets *atime* and *mtime* to the current time. + The *atime* and *mtime* tuples default to ``None``, which sets those + values to the current time. If *atime_nsec* or *mtime_nsec* is specified as :data:`UTIME_NOW`, the corresponding timestamp is updated to the current time. If *atime_nsec* or *mtime_nsec* is specified as :data:`UTIME_OMIT`, the corresponding timestamp is not updated. If *path* is relative, it is taken as relative to *dirfd*. - *flags* is optional and may be 0 or :data:`AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW`. + *flags* is optional and may be 0 (the default) or :data:`AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW`. If *path* is relative and *dirfd* is the special value :data:`AT_FDCWD`, then *path* is interpreted relative to the current working directory. |