Mercurial > cpython-lru_cache-weakref
changeset 55725:ec8d25e0500a legacy-trunk
#6677: mention "deleting" as an alias for removing files.
| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:24:27 +0000 |
| parents | 92e3858cca70 |
| children | db86d3cc1e6b |
| files | Doc/library/os.rst |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/Doc/library/os.rst Mon Aug 24 17:22:05 2009 +0000 +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst Mon Aug 24 17:24:27 2009 +0000 @@ -1067,12 +1067,12 @@ .. function:: remove(path) - Remove the file *path*. If *path* is a directory, :exc:`OSError` is raised; see - :func:`rmdir` below to remove a directory. This is identical to the - :func:`unlink` function documented below. On Windows, attempting to remove a - file that is in use causes an exception to be raised; on Unix, the directory - entry is removed but the storage allocated to the file is not made available - until the original file is no longer in use. Availability: Unix, + Remove (delete) the file *path*. If *path* is a directory, :exc:`OSError` is + raised; see :func:`rmdir` below to remove a directory. This is identical to + the :func:`unlink` function documented below. On Windows, attempting to + remove a file that is in use causes an exception to be raised; on Unix, the + directory entry is removed but the storage allocated to the file is not made + available until the original file is no longer in use. Availability: Unix, Windows. @@ -1297,9 +1297,9 @@ .. function:: unlink(path) - Remove the file *path*. This is the same function as :func:`remove`; the - :func:`unlink` name is its traditional Unix name. Availability: Unix, - Windows. + Remove (delete) the file *path*. This is the same function as + :func:`remove`; the :func:`unlink` name is its traditional Unix + name. Availability: Unix, Windows. .. function:: utime(path, times)
