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diff --git a/Doc/libglob.tex b/Doc/libglob.tex index 58193c9..dbc6b6a 100644 --- a/Doc/libglob.tex +++ b/Doc/libglob.tex @@ -3,25 +3,25 @@ \stmodindex{glob} \setindexsubitem{(in module glob)} -The \code{glob} module finds all the pathnames matching a specified +The \module{glob} module finds all the pathnames matching a specified pattern according to the rules used by the \UNIX{} shell. No tilde expansion is done, but \code{*}, \code{?}, and character ranges expressed with \code{[]} will be correctly matched. This is done by -using the \code{os.listdir()} and \code{fnmatch.fnmatch()} functions -in concert, and not by actually invoking a subshell. (For tilde and -shell variable expansion, use \code{os.path.expanduser(}) and -\code{os.path.expandvars()}.) +using the \function{os.listdir()} and \function{fnmatch.fnmatch()} +functions in concert, and not by actually invoking a subshell. (For +tilde and shell variable expansion, use \function{os.path.expanduser()} +and \function{os.path.expandvars()}.) \begin{funcdesc}{glob}{pathname} Returns a possibly-empty list of path names that match \var{pathname}, which must be a string containing a path specification. \var{pathname} can be either absolute (like -\file{/usr/src/Python1.4/Makefile}) or relative (like +\file{/usr/src/Python\version/Makefile}) or relative (like \file{../../Tools/*.gif}), and can contain shell-style wildcards. \end{funcdesc} For example, consider a directory containing only the following files: -\file{1.gif}, \file{2.txt}, and \file{card.gif}. \code{glob.glob()} +\file{1.gif}, \file{2.txt}, and \file{card.gif}. \function{glob.glob()} will produce the following results. Notice how any leading components of the path are preserved. |