[Python-Dev] Re: 'commands' module on Win32

[Johannes Gijsbers]

Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> Are there any objections to changing this module so that only
> getstatus() is marked as Unix specific?

Not from me.
 
> I ask, because I don't want to start work on a documentation patch if
> the idea is a non-starter (the code & test changes are already done,
> butI think the hardest part of the exercise will be moving the
> documentation out of the 'Unix-specific' part of the doc tree).

This is pretty easy actually. In fact, while I was checking whether it
really was easy, I created a patch you could use. It's attached.

Johannes
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  \input{libtarfile}
  \input{libreadline}
  \input{librlcompleter}
+ \input{libcommands}
  
  \input{libunix}                 % UNIX Specific Services
  \input{libposix}
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  \input{libresource}
  \input{libnis}
  \input{libsyslog}
- \input{libcommands}
  
  \input{libpdb}                  % The Python Debugger
  
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           Utilities for running commands}
  
  \declaremodule{standard}{commands}
!   \platform{Unix}
  \modulesynopsis{Utility functions for running external commands.}
  \sectionauthor{Sue Williams}{sbw at provis.com}
  
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           Utilities for running commands}
  
  \declaremodule{standard}{commands}
! \platform{Unix, Windows}
  \modulesynopsis{Utility functions for running external commands.}
  \sectionauthor{Sue Williams}{sbw at provis.com}
  
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  \begin{funcdesc}{getstatus}{file}
  Return the output of \samp{ls -ld \var{file}} as a string.  This
  function uses the \function{getoutput()} function, and properly
! escapes backslashes and dollar signs in the argument.
  \end{funcdesc}
  
  Example:
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  \begin{funcdesc}{getstatus}{file}
  Return the output of \samp{ls -ld \var{file}} as a string.  This
  function uses the \function{getoutput()} function, and properly
! escapes backslashes and dollar signs in the argument. Availability: \UNIX.
  \end{funcdesc}
  
  Example: