From 77cd0ceab2f6c1696fb1d31115c2f880b2e21934 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric O. LEBIGOT (EOL)" Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 19:32:28 +0200 Subject: Doc: fcntl.lockf() is more powerful than written (GH-6750) --- Doc/library/fcntl.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/fcntl.rst b/Doc/library/fcntl.rst index 6a66f5b..da39c31 100644 --- a/Doc/library/fcntl.rst +++ b/Doc/library/fcntl.rst @@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ The module defines the following functions: .. function:: lockf(fd, cmd, len=0, start=0, whence=0) This is essentially a wrapper around the :func:`~fcntl.fcntl` locking calls. - *fd* is the file descriptor of the file to lock or unlock, and *cmd* + *fd* is the file descriptor (file objects providing a :meth:`~io.IOBase.fileno` + method are accepted as well) of the file to lock or unlock, and *cmd* is one of the following values: * :const:`LOCK_UN` -- unlock @@ -175,4 +176,3 @@ using the :func:`flock` call may be better. present in the :mod:`os` module (on BSD only), the :func:`os.open` function provides an alternative to the :func:`lockf` and :func:`flock` functions. - -- cgit v0.12