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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2007-11-01 17:19:36 +0000
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2007-11-01 17:19:36 +0000
commitbf75c5133d61d0c404eddfbfc035829def0af6c0 (patch)
treefba391d4d443b19c35dfefd1986c80b7c8a35181
parentcf81e06959acc64e697ac709cb08795cc3984b25 (diff)
downloadcpython-git-bf75c5133d61d0c404eddfbfc035829def0af6c0.tar.gz
#1364: os.lstat is available on Windows too, as an alias to os.stat.
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libos.tex5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
index 18c51229e8..5b95d716a4 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
@@ -828,8 +828,9 @@ object, the result will be a list of Unicode objects]{2.3}
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{lstat}{path}
-Like \function{stat()}, but do not follow symbolic links.
-Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX.
+Like \function{stat()}, but do not follow symbolic links. This is an
+alias for \function{stat()} on platforms that do not support symbolic
+links, such as Windows.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{mkfifo}{path\optional{, mode}}