From cb64ae180ede7423d50d870aff5d4ddb831692ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neal Norwitz Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 05:48:18 +0000 Subject: Backport: SF Bug #1008310, os.major() os.minor() example and description change. --- Doc/lib/libos.tex | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex index a2420ee..59741ae 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex @@ -823,12 +823,14 @@ defines the newly created device special file (probably using \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{major}{device} -Extracts a device major number from a raw device number. +Extracts the device major number from a raw device number (usually +the \member{st_dev} or \member{st_rdev} field from \ctype{stat}). \versionadded{2.3} \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{minor}{device} -Extracts a device minor number from a raw device number. +Extracts the device minor number from a raw device number (usually +the \member{st_dev} or \member{st_rdev} field from \ctype{stat}). \versionadded{2.3} \end{funcdesc} -- cgit v0.12