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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index 743efb6..7b26953 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -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. |