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Diffstat (limited to 'Doc/lib/libposix.tex')
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libposix.tex | 17 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposix.tex b/Doc/lib/libposix.tex index c50b8fb..fbd7832 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libposix.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libposix.tex @@ -148,17 +148,17 @@ Return a string representing the current working directory. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{getegid}{} -Return the current process's effective group id. +Return the current process' effective group id. (Not on MS-DOS.) \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{geteuid}{} -Return the current process's effective user id. +Return the current process' effective user id. (Not on MS-DOS.) \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{getgid}{} -Return the current process's group id. +Return the current process' group id. (Not on MS-DOS.) \end{funcdesc} @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ Return the parent's process id. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{getuid}{} -Return the current process's user id. +Return the current process' user id. (Not on MS-DOS.) \end{funcdesc} @@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ Remove the directory \var{path}. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{setgid}{gid} -Set the current process's group id. +Set the current process' group id. (Not on MS-DOS.) \end{funcdesc} @@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ semantics. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{setuid}{uid} -Set the current process's user id. +Set the current process' user id. (Not on MS-DOS.) \end{funcdesc} @@ -424,8 +424,9 @@ operating system. The tuple contains 5 strings: \code{(\var{sysname}, \var{nodename}, \var{release}, \var{version}, \var{machine})}. Some systems truncate the nodename to 8 characters or to the leading component; a better way to get the -hostname is \code{socket.gethostname()}. (Not on MS-DOS, nor on older -\UNIX{} systems.) +hostname is \code{socket.gethostname()} or even +\code{socket.gethostbyaddr(socket.gethostname())}. +(Not on MS-DOS, nor on older \UNIX{} systems.) \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{unlink}{path} |