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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposix.tex b/Doc/lib/libposix.tex index 1a05d47..c749d74 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libposix.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libposix.tex @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \bimodindex{posix} This module provides access to operating system functionality that is -standardized by the C Standard and the POSIX standard (a thinly diguised +standardized by the C Standard and the POSIX standard (a thinly disguised \UNIX{} interface). It is available in all Python versions except on the Macintosh; the MS-DOS version does not support certain functions. @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ in C. \renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(exception in module posix)} \begin{excdesc}{error} -This exception is raised when an POSIX function returns a +This exception is raised when a POSIX function returns a POSIX-related error (e.g., not for illegal argument types). Its string value is \code{'posix.error'}. The accompanying value is a pair containing the numeric error code from \code{errno} and the @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ systems without symbolic links, this always raises \begin{funcdesc}{system}{command} Execute the command (a string) in a subshell. This is implemented by calling the Standard C function \code{system()}, and has the same -limitations. Changes to \code{posix.environ}, \code{sys.stdin} etc. are +limitations. Changes to \code{posix.environ}, \code{sys.stdin} etc.\ are not reflected in the environment of the executed command. The return value is the exit status of the process as returned by Standard C \code{system()}. @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ Return a 5-tuple containing information identifying the current 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; an better way to get the +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.) \end{funcdesc} |