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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex index 2dc0740..ef07b11 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex @@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ These functions are described in ``Files and Directories'' (section \ref{os-file-dir}). \end{funcdescni} +\begin{funcdesc}{ctermid}{} +Return the filename corresponding to the controlling terminal of the +process. +Availability: \UNIX{}. +\end{funcdesc} + \begin{funcdesc}{getegid}{} Return the current process' effective group id. Availability: \UNIX{}. @@ -248,6 +254,12 @@ errors), \code{None} is returned. Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows. \end{funcdesc} +\begin{funcdesc}{tmpfile}{} +Return a new file object opened in update mode (\samp{w+}). The file +has no directory entries associated with it and will be automatically +deleted once there are no file descriptors for the file. +Availability: \UNIX{}. +\end{funcdesc} \subsection{File Descriptor Operations \label{os-fd-ops}} @@ -575,6 +587,31 @@ Create a symbolic link pointing to \var{src} named \var{dst}. Availability: \UNIX{}. \end{funcdesc} +\begin{funcdesc}{tempnam}{\optional{dir\optional{, prefix}}} +Return a unique path name that is reasonable for creating a temporary +file. This will be an absolute path that names a potential directory +entry in the directory \var{dir} or a common location for temporary +files if \var{dir} is omitted or \code{None}. If given and not +\code{None}, \var{prefix} is used to provide a short prefix to the +filename. Applications are responsible for properly creating and +managing files created using paths returned by \function{tempnam()}; +no automatic cleanup is provided. +\end{funcdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{tmpnam}{} +Return a unique path name that is reasonable for creating a temporary +file. This will be an absolute path that names a potential directory +entry in a common location for temporary files. Applications are +responsible for properly creating and managing files created using +paths returned by \function{tmpnam()}; no automatic cleanup is +provided. +\end{funcdesc} + +\begin{datadesc}{TMP_MAX} +The maximum number of unique names that \function{tmpnam()} will +generate before reusing names. +\end{datadesc} + \begin{funcdesc}{unlink}{path} Remove the file \var{path}. This is the same function as \function{remove()}; the \function{unlink()} name is its traditional @@ -591,9 +628,17 @@ Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX{}, Windows. \subsection{Process Management \label{os-process}} -These functions may be used to create and manage additional -processes. +These functions may be used to create and manage processes. + +\begin{funcdesc}{abort}{} +Generate a \constant{SIGABRT} signal to the current process. On +\UNIX, the default behavior is to produce a core dump; on Windows, the +process immediately returns an exit code of \code{3}. Be aware that +programs which use \function{signal.signal()} to register a handler +for \constant{SIGABRT} will behave differently. +Availability: \UNIX, Windows. +\end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{execl}{path, arg0, arg1, ...} This is equivalent to |