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authorBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2008-08-17 20:23:46 (GMT)
committerBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2008-08-17 20:23:46 (GMT)
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Merged revisions 65659,65693,65700,65702,65706-65707,65761 via svnmerge from
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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/os.rst22
-rw-r--r--Doc/reference/expressions.rst6
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 86d9a89..b95833c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -1076,15 +1076,16 @@ Files and Directories
.. function:: utime(path, times)
- Set the access and modified times of the file specified by *path*. If *times* is
- ``None``, then the file's access and modified times are set to the current time.
- Otherwise, *times* must be a 2-tuple of numbers, of the form ``(atime, mtime)``
- which is used to set the access and modified times, respectively. Whether a
- directory can be given for *path* depends on whether the operating system
- implements directories as files (for example, Windows does not). Note that the
- exact times you set here may not be returned by a subsequent :func:`stat` call,
- depending on the resolution with which your operating system records access and
- modification times; see :func:`stat`.
+ Set the access and modified times of the file specified by *path*. If *times*
+ is ``None``, then the file's access and modified times are set to the current
+ time. (The effect is similar to running the Unix program :program:`touch` on
+ the path.) Otherwise, *times* must be a 2-tuple of numbers, of the form
+ ``(atime, mtime)`` which is used to set the access and modified times,
+ respectively. Whether a directory can be given for *path* depends on whether
+ the operating system implements directories as files (for example, Windows
+ does not). Note that the exact times you set here may not be returned by a
+ subsequent :func:`stat` call, depending on the resolution with which your
+ operating system records access and modification times; see :func:`stat`.
Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
@@ -1596,6 +1597,9 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
``-1``, status is requested for any process in the process group ``-pid`` (the
absolute value of *pid*).
+ An :exc:`OSError` is raised with the value of errno when the syscall
+ returns -1.
+
On Windows: Wait for completion of a process given by process handle *pid*, and
return a tuple containing *pid*, and its exit status shifted left by 8 bits
(shifting makes cross-platform use of the function easier). A *pid* less than or
diff --git a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst
index dab97e4..837eb89 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst
@@ -1266,13 +1266,13 @@ groups from right to left).
+----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| ``**`` | Exponentiation |
+----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
-| ``x.attribute`` | Attribute reference |
-+----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| ``x[index]`` | Subscription |
+----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| ``x[index:index]`` | Slicing |
+----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
-| ``f(arguments...)`` | Function call |
+| ``x(arguments...)`` | Call |
++----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------+
+| ``x.attribute`` | Attribute reference |
+----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| ``(expressions...)`` | Binding, tuple display, generator |
| | expressions |