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* O_BINARY: Documented this constant; omission noted by David Ascher.Fred Drake2000-08-111-1/+8
| | | | | access(): Corrected availability statement; error pointed out by Tim Peters.
* added doc for isatty()Skip Montanaro2000-07-191-0/+6
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* Rob W. W. Hooft's spelling fixes for the Library Reference. I hopeThomas Wouters2000-07-161-3/+3
| | | | | | | | | SourceForge doesn't choke on this batch :-) I'm not entirely sure this is 100% correct. The patch changes an \index{persistency} to \index{presistence}, and I don't know what \index{} does. But it seems to do so persi--er, consistently, so I hope it isn't a problem.
* From Sam Rushing's Medusa, via SF patch #100858: add & documentAndrew M. Kuchling2000-07-131-0/+20
| | | | os.seteuid(), os.setegid(), os.setreuid(), os.setregid().
* Update version numbering from 1.6 to 2.0.Fred Drake2000-06-301-1/+1
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* Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:Fred Drake2000-06-281-0/+18
| | | | Documentation updates related to the addition of openpty() and forkpty().
* Use \versionchanged to indicate when the second parameter to utime()Fred Drake2000-05-021-2/+3
| | | | was allowed to be None.
* Document the new additional signature for utime(). In addition to theBarry Warsaw2000-05-011-3/+6
| | | | | previous functionality utime(path, (atime, mtime)), now allowed is utime(path, None) which sets the file's times to the current time.
* Merged changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.Fred Drake2000-04-031-7/+33
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* Update portability information for the spawn*() functions and relatedFred Drake2000-02-291-4/+11
| | | | | constants. Someone will need to fill in information on the spawn*() functions that aren't listed.
* Document getgroups(), getlogin(), fpathconf(), pathconf(),Fred Drake1999-12-151-1/+107
| | | | pathconf_names, confstr(), confstr_names, sysconf(), sysconf_names.
* Document the new stuff in the os module.Fred Drake1999-12-091-2/+47
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* os.name: Note that 'java' is one of the registered names.Fred Drake1999-09-171-1/+1
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* Explain the possible range of values for the pid parameter toFred Drake1999-08-131-6/+14
| | | | waitpid().
* Add index entry "I/O control, buffering" for fdopen().Fred Drake1999-08-051-0/+1
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* Move chdir() and getcwd() descriptions to "Files and Directories" withFred Drake1999-07-121-10/+16
| | | | | a pointer from the "Process Parameters" section. Based on comments from Aahz Maruch, Tim Peters, and GvR.
* For spawn*(), point to the magic constants; some readers have a hardFred Drake1999-07-021-2/+4
| | | | time finding the bindings.
* Per Frank Stajano's suggestion, state explicitly that the functionsFred Drake1999-07-011-0/+14
| | | | | described in the sub-sections are directly available at the module level. He found this confusing.
* Further clarfication of the system-dependence of the system() returnFred Drake1999-06-181-1/+3
| | | | value, based on comments from Tim Peters.
* Added 'ce' to the list of "registered" values for os.name.Fred Drake1999-06-111-3/+3
| | | | Make references to the posix module hyperlinks.
* At David Ascher's request, clarify that os.system() always returns 0Fred Drake1999-06-101-1/+2
| | | | on Win95 & Win98.
* "proces" --> "process"; reported by Gerry Wiener <gerry@ucar.edu>.Fred Drake1999-05-251-2/+5
| | | | Added some index entries.
* Minor nits, partly in response to comments from Jonathan BlackFred Drake1999-04-291-3/+3
| | | | <jblack@Ridgeway-Sys.com>.
* Small markup nits.Fred Drake1999-04-211-11/+11
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* Fixed description of WSTOPSIG(), added WTERMSIG(). Problem reportedFred Drake1999-03-041-0/+5
| | | | by Jonathan Giddy <jon@dgs.monash.edu.au>.
* Typo: "Availabilty" --> "Availability"Fred Drake1999-02-261-1/+1
| | | | Thanks to /F!
* Remove "_" from the P_* symbols used with the spawn*() functions.Fred Drake1999-02-161-5/+5
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* Portability fix for [f]statvfs() return tuple: no longer return theGuido van Rossum1999-02-031-2/+1
| | | | | | f_fsid field, since it's not a scalar on all systems supporting this call (in particular, it's a tuple of two longs on AIX). Since it's not particularly useful, just nuke it. Adapted the doc strings too.
* Fix the os/posix documentation issue.Fred Drake1999-02-021-60/+722
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* Added index entries to make it easier to locate directory operations.Fred Drake1998-12-281-0/+2
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* Fix arguments for renames(); bug spotted by Oliver AndrichFred Drake1998-08-171-1/+1
| | | | <oli@rhein-zeitung.de>.
* New section header style.Fred Drake1998-08-101-1/+2
| | | | Fix up a few synopses.
* Markup nits.Fred Drake1998-08-061-15/+15
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* Marked makedirs(), removedirs(), renames() as added in 1.5.2.Fred Drake1998-08-061-0/+3
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* Document makedirs(), removedirs(), renames() -- ESR-inspired super-versionsGuido van Rossum1998-07-241-1/+30
| | | | | of mkdir(), rmdir() and rename() that make or remove intermediate directories as well.
* Adjusted to use the new module synopsis support macros.Fred Drake1998-07-231-2/+4
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* Documented os.linesep (line separator).Guido van Rossum1998-06-301-0/+7
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* Remove all uses of \sectcode; we can now use logical markup everywhere.Fred Drake1998-04-041-1/+1
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* Logical markup. small nits.Fred Drake1998-03-101-36/+35
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* Remove all \bcode / \ecode cruft; this is no longer needed. See previousFred Drake1998-02-131-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | checkin of myformat.sty. Change "\renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(...)}" to "\setindexsubitem{(...)}" everywhere. Some other minor nits that I happened to come across.
* Consistently use \POSIX{} to denote POSIX. There were at least two differentFred Drake1998-02-091-8/+8
| | | | ways to do it previously (not counting module names).
* Added os.altsep; this is '/' on DOS/Windows, and None on systems withGuido van Rossum1997-08-291-2/+8
| | | | a sane filename syntax.
* AMK's megapatch:Guido van Rossum1997-07-171-0/+1
| | | | | | | * \bcode, \ecode added everywhere * \label{module-foo} added everywhere * A few \seealso sections added. * Indentation fixed inside verbatim in lib*tex files
* mass changes; fix titles; add examples; correct typos; clarifications;Guido van Rossum1995-03-171-12/+39
| | | | unified style; etc.
* small changes by Soren LarsenGuido van Rossum1995-03-131-1/+1
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* Restructured library documentationGuido van Rossum1994-01-021-0/+77
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