[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): Clarify docs for os.path.getctime on Unix: it is the inode (metadata) change

[georg.brandl]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/94c64a2cb09e
changeset:   86012:94c64a2cb09e
branch:      2.7
user:        Georg Brandl <georg at python.org>
date:        Sun Oct 06 09:52:55 2013 +0200
summary:
  Clarify docs for os.path.getctime on Unix: it is the inode (metadata) change time

files:
  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
--- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 .. 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:`os.error` if the file does not exist or
    is inaccessible.

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython