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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2013-10-06 09:52:55 +0200 |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2013-10-06 09:52:55 +0200 |
| commit | f6324941f00119363a42609558b7221c230aea13 (patch) | |
| tree | 4b72d64ddfe6dceaa623d7a68d6592c02762b74a /Doc | |
| parent | d2914ce0f703554638ec696d8e4b34f46e476b65 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-f6324941f00119363a42609558b7221c230aea13.tar.gz | |
Clarify docs for os.path.getctime on Unix: it is the inode (metadata) change time
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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/os.path.rst | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.path.rst b/Doc/library/os.path.rst index 1d46bf2b72..206e7acf10 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.) .. function:: getctime(path) Return the system's ctime which, on some systems (like Unix) is the time of the - last change, and, on others (like Windows), is the creation time for *path*. + last metadata change, and, on others (like Windows), is the creation time for *path*. The return value is a number giving the number of seconds since the epoch (see the :mod:`time` module). Raise :exc:`OSError` if the file does not exist or is inaccessible. |