[Python-checkins] r58746 - python/branches/release25-maint/Doc/lib/libos.tex

[georg.brandl]

Author: georg.brandl
Date: Thu Nov  1 18:19:36 2007
New Revision: 58746

Modified:
   python/branches/release25-maint/Doc/lib/libos.tex
Log:
#1364: os.lstat is available on Windows too, as an alias to os.stat.


Modified: python/branches/release25-maint/Doc/lib/libos.tex
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/release25-maint/Doc/lib/libos.tex	(original)
+++ python/branches/release25-maint/Doc/lib/libos.tex	Thu Nov  1 18:19:36 2007
@@ -828,8 +828,9 @@
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{lstat}{path}
-Like \function{stat()}, but do not follow symbolic links.
-Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX.
+Like \function{stat()}, but do not follow symbolic links. This is an
+alias for \function{stat()} on platforms that do not support symbolic
+links, such as Windows.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{mkfifo}{path\optional{, mode}}