From 7543997d74785910d80e96491f7ff052c5056515 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Georg Brandl Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:24:27 +0000 Subject: #6677: mention "deleting" as an alias for removing files. --- Doc/library/os.rst | 18 +++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index 01118de..cab2522 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -1067,12 +1067,12 @@ Files and Directories .. function:: remove(path) - Remove the file *path*. If *path* is a directory, :exc:`OSError` is raised; see - :func:`rmdir` below to remove a directory. This is identical to the - :func:`unlink` function documented below. On Windows, attempting to remove a - file that is in use causes an exception to be raised; on Unix, the directory - entry is removed but the storage allocated to the file is not made available - until the original file is no longer in use. Availability: Unix, + Remove (delete) the file *path*. If *path* is a directory, :exc:`OSError` is + raised; see :func:`rmdir` below to remove a directory. This is identical to + the :func:`unlink` function documented below. On Windows, attempting to + remove a file that is in use causes an exception to be raised; on Unix, the + directory entry is removed but the storage allocated to the file is not made + available until the original file is no longer in use. Availability: Unix, Windows. @@ -1297,9 +1297,9 @@ Files and Directories .. function:: unlink(path) - Remove the file *path*. This is the same function as :func:`remove`; the - :func:`unlink` name is its traditional Unix name. Availability: Unix, - Windows. + Remove (delete) the file *path*. This is the same function as + :func:`remove`; the :func:`unlink` name is its traditional Unix + name. Availability: Unix, Windows. .. function:: utime(path, times) -- cgit v0.12