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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index 86d9a89..b95833c 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -1076,15 +1076,16 @@ Files and Directories .. function:: utime(path, times) - Set the access and modified times of the file specified by *path*. If *times* is - ``None``, then the file's access and modified times are set to the current time. - Otherwise, *times* must be a 2-tuple of numbers, of the form ``(atime, mtime)`` - which is used to set the access and modified times, respectively. Whether a - directory can be given for *path* depends on whether the operating system - implements directories as files (for example, Windows does not). Note that the - exact times you set here may not be returned by a subsequent :func:`stat` call, - depending on the resolution with which your operating system records access and - modification times; see :func:`stat`. + Set the access and modified times of the file specified by *path*. If *times* + is ``None``, then the file's access and modified times are set to the current + time. (The effect is similar to running the Unix program :program:`touch` on + the path.) Otherwise, *times* must be a 2-tuple of numbers, of the form + ``(atime, mtime)`` which is used to set the access and modified times, + respectively. Whether a directory can be given for *path* depends on whether + the operating system implements directories as files (for example, Windows + does not). Note that the exact times you set here may not be returned by a + subsequent :func:`stat` call, depending on the resolution with which your + operating system records access and modification times; see :func:`stat`. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows. @@ -1596,6 +1597,9 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program. ``-1``, status is requested for any process in the process group ``-pid`` (the absolute value of *pid*). + An :exc:`OSError` is raised with the value of errno when the syscall + returns -1. + On Windows: Wait for completion of a process given by process handle *pid*, and return a tuple containing *pid*, and its exit status shifted left by 8 bits (shifting makes cross-platform use of the function easier). A *pid* less than or diff --git a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst index dab97e4..837eb89 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst @@ -1266,13 +1266,13 @@ groups from right to left). +----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | ``**`` | Exponentiation | +----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ -| ``x.attribute`` | Attribute reference | -+----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | ``x[index]`` | Subscription | +----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | ``x[index:index]`` | Slicing | +----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ -| ``f(arguments...)`` | Function call | +| ``x(arguments...)`` | Call | ++----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------+ +| ``x.attribute`` | Attribute reference | +----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | ``(expressions...)`` | Binding, tuple display, generator | | | expressions | |