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| author | Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> | 2018-05-28 18:49:42 -0700 |
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| committer | Ned Deily <nad@python.org> | 2018-05-28 21:49:42 -0400 |
| commit | 78e14f8eb4b4a96d0766f2857c00de21d3303b17 (patch) | |
| tree | 4e6cfabfd625e6076f6d4a9766153780bd52abd4 | |
| parent | 1827615500e94801653f67fd026a2c95930faf59 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-78e14f8eb4b4a96d0766f2857c00de21d3303b17.tar.gz | |
bpo-32878: Adds documentation for st_ino on Windows (GH-5764) (#7189)
(cherry picked from commit 3e51a3d5927c680d5410ff11ff8d5e5bb9ffb1e7)
Co-authored-by: Steve Dower <steve.dower@microsoft.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/os.rst | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index 784acf0ac5..60ab94f476 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -2378,7 +2378,13 @@ features: .. attribute:: st_ino - Inode number. + Platform dependent, but if non-zero, uniquely identifies the + file for a given value of ``st_dev``. Typically: + + * the inode number on Unix, + * the `file index + <https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa363788>`_ on + Windows .. attribute:: st_dev @@ -2537,6 +2543,10 @@ features: .. versionadded:: 3.5 Added the :attr:`st_file_attributes` member on Windows. + .. versionchanged:: 3.5 + Windows now returns the file index as :attr:`st_ino` when + available. + .. versionadded:: 3.7 Added the :attr:`st_fstype` member to Solaris/derivatives. |