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@@ -1195,7 +1195,11 @@ or `the MSDN <https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z0kc8e3z.aspx>`_ on Windo
.. function:: writev(fd, buffers)
Write the contents of *buffers* to file descriptor *fd*. *buffers* must be a
- sequence of :term:`bytes-like objects <bytes-like object>`.
+ sequence of :term:`bytes-like objects <bytes-like object>`. Buffers are
+ processed in array order. Entire contents of first buffer is written before
+ proceeding to second, and so on. The operating system may set a limit
+ (sysconf() value SC_IOV_MAX) on the number of buffers that can be used.
+
:func:`~os.writev` writes the contents of each object to the file descriptor
and returns the total number of bytes written.
@@ -2049,9 +2053,8 @@ features:
Note that there is a nice correspondence between several attributes
and methods of ``DirEntry`` and of :class:`pathlib.Path`. In
- particular, the ``name`` and ``path`` attributes have the same
- meaning, as do the ``is_dir()``, ``is_file()``, ``is_symlink()``
- and ``stat()`` methods.
+ particular, the ``name`` attribute has the same meaning, as do the
+ ``is_dir()``, ``is_file()``, ``is_symlink()`` and ``stat()`` methods.
.. versionadded:: 3.5