[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/lib libfcntl.tex,1.32,1.33

Fri Jan 16 11:07:07 EST 2004

Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv3373
Modified Files:
	libfcntl.tex 
Log Message:
minor markup improvements
Index: libfcntl.tex
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib/libfcntl.tex,v
retrieving revision 1.32
retrieving revision 1.33
diff -C2 -d -r1.32 -r1.33
*** libfcntl.tex	7 Dec 2003 13:00:25 -0000	1.32
--- libfcntl.tex	16 Jan 2004 16:07:04 -0000	1.33
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*** 34,38 ****
 C \cfunction{fcntl()} call. When the argument is a string it
 represents a binary structure, e.g.\ created by
! \function{struct.pack()}. The binary data is copied to a buffer
 whose address is passed to the C \cfunction{fcntl()} call. The
 return value after a successful call is the contents of the buffer,
--- 34,38 ----
 C \cfunction{fcntl()} call. When the argument is a string it
 represents a binary structure, e.g.\ created by
! \function{\refmodule{struct}.pack()}. The binary data is copied to a buffer
 whose address is passed to the C \cfunction{fcntl()} call. The
 return value after a successful call is the contents of the buffer,
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*** 73,80 ****
 to the underlying \function{ioctl()} system call, the latter's
 return code is passed back to the calling Python, and the buffer's
! new contents reflect the action of the \function{ioctl}. This is a
 slight simplification, because if the supplied buffer is less than
 1024 bytes long it is first copied into a static buffer 1024 bytes
! long which is then passed to \function{ioctl} and copied back into
 the supplied buffer.

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 to the underlying \function{ioctl()} system call, the latter's
 return code is passed back to the calling Python, and the buffer's
! new contents reflect the action of the \function{ioctl()}. This is a
 slight simplification, because if the supplied buffer is less than
 1024 bytes long it is first copied into a static buffer 1024 bytes
! long which is then passed to \function{ioctl()} and copied back into
 the supplied buffer.

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*** 168,174 ****

 \begin{seealso}
! \seemodule{os}{The \function{os.open} function supports locking flags
! and is available on a wider variety of platforms than 
! the \function{fcntl.lockf} and \function{fcntl.flock}
 functions, providing a more platform-independent file
 locking facility.}
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 \begin{seealso}
! \seemodule{os}{The \function{os.open()} function supports locking flags
! and is available on a wider variety of platforms than
! the \function{lockf()} and \function{flock()}
 functions, providing a more platform-independent file
 locking facility.}