From 3e51a3d5927c680d5410ff11ff8d5e5bb9ffb1e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Dower Date: Mon, 28 May 2018 17:24:36 -0700 Subject: bpo-32878: Adds documentation for st_ino on Windows (GH-5764) --- Doc/library/os.rst | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index 4b4e931..d5bc612 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -2378,7 +2378,13 @@ features: .. attribute:: st_ino - Inode number. + Platform dependent, but if non-zero, uniquely identifies the + file for a given value of ``st_dev``. Typically: + + * the inode number on Unix, + * the `file index + `_ on + Windows .. attribute:: st_dev @@ -2537,6 +2543,10 @@ features: .. versionadded:: 3.5 Added the :attr:`st_file_attributes` member on Windows. + .. versionchanged:: 3.5 + Windows now returns the file index as :attr:`st_ino` when + available. + .. versionadded:: 3.7 Added the :attr:`st_fstype` member to Solaris/derivatives. -- cgit v0.12