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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/os.rst | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2018-02-01-10-57-24.bpo-20709.1flcnc.rst | 2 |
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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index 2f3b31edd5..2e81459a25 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -2768,14 +2768,12 @@ features: It is an error to specify tuples for both *times* and *ns*. - Whether a directory can be given for *path* - depends on whether the operating system implements directories as files - (for example, Windows does not). Note that the exact times you set here may - not be returned by a subsequent :func:`~os.stat` call, depending on the - resolution with which your operating system records access and modification - times; see :func:`~os.stat`. The best way to preserve exact times is to - use the *st_atime_ns* and *st_mtime_ns* fields from the :func:`os.stat` - result object with the *ns* parameter to `utime`. + Note that the exact times you set here may not be returned by a subsequent + :func:`~os.stat` call, depending on the resolution with which your operating + system records access and modification times; see :func:`~os.stat`. The best + way to preserve exact times is to use the *st_atime_ns* and *st_mtime_ns* + fields from the :func:`os.stat` result object with the *ns* parameter to + `utime`. This function can support :ref:`specifying a file descriptor <path_fd>`, :ref:`paths relative to directory descriptors <dir_fd>` and :ref:`not diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2018-02-01-10-57-24.bpo-20709.1flcnc.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2018-02-01-10-57-24.bpo-20709.1flcnc.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b14c0f54eb --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2018-02-01-10-57-24.bpo-20709.1flcnc.rst @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +Remove the paragraph where we explain that os.utime() does not support a +directory as path under Windows. Patch by Jan-Philip Gehrcke |