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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex | 20 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex index 763dd35..b4e1c5a 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex @@ -137,9 +137,23 @@ Raise an exception if a \function{os.stat()} call on either pathname fails. \end{funcdesc} +\begin{funcdesc}{sameopenfile}{fp1, fp2} +Return true if the file objects \var{fp1} and \var{fp2} refer to the +same file. The two file objects may represent different file +descriptors. +\end{funcdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{samestat}{stat1, stat2} +Return true if the stat tuples \var{stat1} and \var{stat2} refer to +the same file. These structures may have been returned by +\function{fstat()}, \function{lstat()}, or \function{stat()}. This +function implements the underlying comparison used by +\function{samefile()} and \function{sameopenfile()}. +\end{funcdesc} + \begin{funcdesc}{split}{path} -Split the pathname \var{path} into a pair \code{(\var{head}, -\var{tail})}, where \var{tail} is the last pathname component and +Split the pathname \var{path} into a pair, \code{(\var{head}, +\var{tail})} where \var{tail} is the last pathname component and \var{head} is everything leading up to that. The \var{tail} part will never contain a slash; if \var{path} ends in a slash, \var{tail} will be empty. If there is no slash in \var{path}, \var{head} will be @@ -153,7 +167,7 @@ from \var{tail}). \begin{funcdesc}{splitdrive}{path} Split the pathname \var{path} into a pair \code{(\var{drive}, -\var{tail})}, where \var{drive} is either a drive specification or the +\var{tail})} where \var{drive} is either a drive specification or the empty string. On systems which do not use drive specifications, \var{drive} will always be the empty string. In all cases, \code{\var{drive} + \var{tail}} will be the same as \var{path}. |