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diff --git a/Doc/mac/libmac.tex b/Doc/mac/libmac.tex index a13efd0..05df394 100644 --- a/Doc/mac/libmac.tex +++ b/Doc/mac/libmac.tex @@ -40,18 +40,15 @@ The following modules are documented here: \section{\module{mac} --- - Similar interfaces to the \module{posix} module.} + Implementations for the \module{os} module} \declaremodule{builtin}{mac} -\modulesynopsis{Similar interfaces to the \module{posix} module.} +\modulesynopsis{Implementations for the \module{os} module.} -This module provides a subset of the operating system dependent -functionality provided by the optional built-in module \module{posix}. -It is best accessed through the more portable standard module -\module{os}. -\refbimodindex{posix} -\refstmodindex{os} +This module implements the operating system dependent functionality +provided by the standard module \module{os}\refstmodindex{os}. It is +best accessed through the \module{os} module. The following functions are available in this module: \function{chdir()}, @@ -74,25 +71,25 @@ as well as the exception \exception{error}. Note that the times returned by \function{stat()} are floating-point values, like all time values in MacPython. -One additional function is available: \function{xstat()}. This function -returns the same information as \function{stat()}, but with three extra -values appended: the size of the resource fork of the file and its -4-character creator and type. +One additional function is available: + +\begin{funcdesc}{xstat}{path} + This function returns the same information as \function{stat()}, but + with three additional values appended: the size of the resource fork + of the file and its 4-character creator and type. +\end{funcdesc} \section{\module{macpath} --- - MacOS path manipulation functions.} + MacOS path manipulation functions} \declaremodule{standard}{macpath} \modulesynopsis{MacOS path manipulation functions.} -This module provides a subset of the pathname manipulation functions -available from the optional standard module \module{posixpath}. It is -best accessed through the more portable standard module \module{os}, as -\code{os.path}. -\refstmodindex{posixpath} -\refstmodindex{os} +This module is the Macintosh implementation of the \module{os.path} +module. It is most portably accessed as \module{os.path}. +\refstmodindex{os.path} The following functions are available in this module: \function{normcase()}, @@ -104,5 +101,5 @@ The following functions are available in this module: \function{isfile()}, \function{walk()}, \function{exists()}. -For other functions available in \module{posixpath} dummy counterparts +For other functions available in \module{os.path} dummy counterparts are available. |