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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1996-02-12 23:16:08 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1996-02-12 23:16:08 (GMT)
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listdir no longer returns . or ..; added remove==unlink
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-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libposix.tex12
-rw-r--r--Doc/libposix.tex12
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposix.tex b/Doc/lib/libposix.tex
index 643cfda..6696a28 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libposix.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libposix.tex
@@ -177,8 +177,9 @@ Create a hard link pointing to \var{src} named \var{dst}.
\begin{funcdesc}{listdir}{path}
Return a list containing the names of the entries in the directory.
-The list is in arbitrary order. It includes the special entries
-\code{'.'} and \code{'..'} if they are present in the directory.
+The list is in arbitrary order. It does not include the special
+entries \code{'.'} and \code{'..'} even if they are present in the
+directory.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{lseek}{fd\, pos\, how}
@@ -245,6 +246,10 @@ points. (On systems without symbolic links, this always raises
\code{posix.error}.)
\end{funcdesc}
+\begin{funcdesc}{remove}{path}
+Remove the file \var{path}. See \code{rmdir} below to remove a directory.
+\end{funcdesc}
+
\begin{funcdesc}{rename}{src\, dst}
Rename the file or directory \var{src} to \var{dst}.
\end{funcdesc}
@@ -324,7 +329,8 @@ hostname is \code{socket.gethostname()}. (Not on MS-DOS, nor on older
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{unlink}{path}
-Unlink \var{path}.
+Remove the file \var{path}. This is the same function as \code{remove};
+the \code{unlink} name is its traditional \UNIX{} name.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{utime}{path\, \(atime\, mtime\)}
diff --git a/Doc/libposix.tex b/Doc/libposix.tex
index 643cfda..6696a28 100644
--- a/Doc/libposix.tex
+++ b/Doc/libposix.tex
@@ -177,8 +177,9 @@ Create a hard link pointing to \var{src} named \var{dst}.
\begin{funcdesc}{listdir}{path}
Return a list containing the names of the entries in the directory.
-The list is in arbitrary order. It includes the special entries
-\code{'.'} and \code{'..'} if they are present in the directory.
+The list is in arbitrary order. It does not include the special
+entries \code{'.'} and \code{'..'} even if they are present in the
+directory.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{lseek}{fd\, pos\, how}
@@ -245,6 +246,10 @@ points. (On systems without symbolic links, this always raises
\code{posix.error}.)
\end{funcdesc}
+\begin{funcdesc}{remove}{path}
+Remove the file \var{path}. See \code{rmdir} below to remove a directory.
+\end{funcdesc}
+
\begin{funcdesc}{rename}{src\, dst}
Rename the file or directory \var{src} to \var{dst}.
\end{funcdesc}
@@ -324,7 +329,8 @@ hostname is \code{socket.gethostname()}. (Not on MS-DOS, nor on older
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{unlink}{path}
-Unlink \var{path}.
+Remove the file \var{path}. This is the same function as \code{remove};
+the \code{unlink} name is its traditional \UNIX{} name.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{utime}{path\, \(atime\, mtime\)}