mirrors/cpython
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/python/cpython.git synced 2025-11-02 03:01:58 +00:00
Code Issues Projects Releases Packages Wiki Activity Actions 15

Fix the os/posix documentation issue.

Browse source
This commit is contained in:
Fred Drake 1999-02-02 19:02:35 +00:00
parent dda199b261
commit 215fe2f204
2 changed files with 762 additions and 98 deletions
Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

14
Doc/lib/libposix.tex
View file

@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ standardized by the C Standard and the \POSIX{} standard (a thinly
disguised \UNIX{} interface).
\strong{Do not import this module directly.} Instead, import the
module \module{os}, which provides a \emph{portable} version of this
module \refmodule{os}, which provides a \emph{portable} version of this
interface. On \UNIX{}, the \module{os} module provides a superset of
the \module{posix} interface. On non-\UNIX{} operating systems the
\module{posix} module is not available, but a subset is always
@ -30,11 +30,12 @@ type errors, while errors reported by the system calls raise
\exception{error} (a synonym for the standard exception
\exception{OSError}), described below.
\subsection{Large File Support \label{posix-large-files}}
\sectionauthor{Steve Clift}{clift@mail.anacapa.net}
\index{large files}
\index{file!large files}
\sectionauthor{Steve Clift}{clift@mail.anacapa.net}
Several operating systems (including AIX, HPUX, Irix and Solaris)
provide support for files that are larger than 2 Gb from a C
@ -58,7 +59,8 @@ CFLAGS="-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64" OPT="-g -O2 $CFLAGS" \
\end{verbatim} % $ <-- bow to font-lock
\subsection{\module{posix} Module Contents \label{posix-contents}}
\subsection{Module Contents \label{posix-contents}}
Module \module{posix} defines the following data item:
@ -75,13 +77,13 @@ passed on by \function{execv()}, \function{popen()} or
export statements to the command string for \function{system()} or
\function{popen()}.
\strong{Note:} The \module{os} module provides an alternate
\strong{Note:} The \refmodule{os} module provides an alternate
implementation of \code{environ} which updates the environment on
modification. Note also that updating \code{os.environ} will render
this dictionary obsolete. Use of the \module{os} for this is
this dictionary obsolete. Use of the \refmodule{os} for this is
recommended over direct access to the \module{posix} module.
\end{datadesc}
Additional contents of this module should only be accessed via the
\module{os} module; refer to the documentation for that module for
\refmodule{os} module; refer to the documentation for that module for
further information.