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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfcntl.tex b/Doc/lib/libfcntl.tex index e361d5e..46b41a5 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libfcntl.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libfcntl.tex @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ % Manual text by Jaap Vermeulen \section{Built-in module \sectcode{fcntl}} \bimodindex{fcntl} -\indexii{UNIX}{file control} -\indexii{UNIX}{IO control} +\indexii{\UNIX{}}{file control} +\indexii{\UNIX{}}{I/O control} -This module performs file control and IO control on file descriptors. -It is an interface to the \dfn{fcntl()} and \dfn{ioctl()} \UNIX routines. +This module performs file control and I/O control on file descriptors. +It is an interface to the \dfn{fcntl()} and \dfn{ioctl()} \UNIX{} routines. File descriptors can be obtained with the \dfn{fileno()} method of a file or socket object. @@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ The module defines the following functions: the argument missing or an integer value, the return value of this function is the integer return value of the real \code{fcntl()} call. When the argument is a string it represents a binary - structure, e.g. created by \code{struct.pack()}. The binary data is + structure, e.g.\ created by \code{struct.pack()}. The binary data is copied to a buffer whose address is passed to the real \code{fcntl()} call. The return value after a successful call is the contents of - the buffer, converted to a string object. In the case the + the buffer, converted to a string object. In case the \code{fcntl()} fails, an \code{IOError} will be raised. \end{funcdesc} |