Commit ec6baaf6 authored by Fred Drake's avatar Fred Drake

Small markup nits.

parent 54f2fdd1
\section{\module{os} ---
Miscellaneous OS interfaces}
\declaremodule{standard}{os}
\declaremodule{standard}{os}
\modulesynopsis{Miscellaneous OS interfaces.}
......@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ This module searches for an OS dependent built-in module like
as found there. The design of all Python's built-in OS dependent
modules is such that as long as the same functionality is available,
it uses the same interface; e.g., the function
\code{os.stat(\var{path})} returns stat information about \var{path}
in the same format (which happens to have originated with the \POSIX{}
interface).
\code{os.stat(\var{path})} returns stat information about \var{path} in
the same format (which happens to have originated with the
\POSIX{} interface).
Extensions peculiar to a particular OS are also available through the
\module{os} module, but using them is of course a threat to
......@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ Availability: Windows.
\begin{funcdesc}{system}{command}
Execute the command (a string) in a subshell. This is implemented by
calling the Standard C function \cfunction{system()}, and has the
same limitations. Changes to \code{posix.environ}, \code{sys.stdin}
same limitations. Changes to \code{posix.environ}, \code{sys.stdin},
etc.\ are not reflected in the environment of the executed command.
The return value is the exit status of the process encoded in the
format specified for \function{wait()}.
......@@ -700,9 +700,9 @@ Return a 5-tuple of floating point numbers indicating accumulated (CPU
or other)
times, in seconds. The items are: user time, system time, children's
user time, children's system time, and elapsed real time since a fixed
point in the past, in that order. See the \UNIX{}
manual page \manpage{times}{2} or the corresponding Windows Platform
API documentation.
point in the past, in that order. See the \UNIX{} manual page
\manpage{times}{2} or the corresponding Windows Platform API
documentation.
Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows.
\end{funcdesc}
......@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ doesn't have a \code{'PATH'} key.
\begin{datadesc}{linesep}
The string used to separate (or, rather, terminate) lines on the
current platform. This may be a single character, e.g. \code{'\e n'}
for \POSIX{} or \code{'\e r'} for MacOS, or multiple characters,
e.g. \code{'\e r\e n'} for MS-DOS and MS Windows.
current platform. This may be a single character,
e.g.\ \code{'\e n'} for \POSIX{} or \code{'\e r'} for MacOS, or multiple
characters, e.g.\ \code{'\e r\e n'} for MS-DOS and MS Windows.
\end{datadesc}
Markdown is supported
0%
or
You are about to add 0 people to the discussion. Proceed with caution.
Finish editing this message first!
Please register or to comment