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SF bug #690377: Dud footnote reference in distutils docs
author Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
date Fri, 21 Feb 2003 02:47:09 +0000
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1 \section{\module{linecache} ---
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2 Random access to text lines}
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4 \declaremodule{standard}{linecache}
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5 \sectionauthor{Moshe Zadka}{moshez@zadka.site.co.il}
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6 \modulesynopsis{This module provides random access to individual lines
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7 from text files.}
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10 The \module{linecache} module allows one to get any line from any file,
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11 while attempting to optimize internally, using a cache, the common case
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12 where many lines are read from a single file. This is used by the
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13 \refmodule{traceback} module to retrieve source lines for inclusion in
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14 the formatted traceback.
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16 The \module{linecache} module defines the following functions:
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18 \begin{funcdesc}{getline}{filename, lineno}
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19 Get line \var{lineno} from file named \var{filename}. This function
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20 will never throw an exception --- it will return \code{''} on errors
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21 (the terminating newline character will be included for lines that are
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22 found).
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24 If a file named \var{filename} is not found, the function will look
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25 for it in the module\indexiii{module}{search}{path} search path,
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26 \code{sys.path}.
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27 \end{funcdesc}
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29 \begin{funcdesc}{clearcache}{}
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30 Clear the cache. Use this function if you no longer need lines from
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31 files previously read using \function{getline()}.
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32 \end{funcdesc}
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34 \begin{funcdesc}{checkcache}{}
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35 Check the cache for validity. Use this function if files in the cache
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36 may have changed on disk, and you require the updated version.
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37 \end{funcdesc}
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39 Example:
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41 \begin{verbatim}
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42 >>> import linecache
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43 >>> linecache.getline('/etc/passwd', 4)
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44 'sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh\n'
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45 \end{verbatim}