[Python-checkins] r73294 - python/trunk/Doc/library/fcntl.rst

georg.brandl python-checkins at python.org
Mon Jun 8 15:34:53 CEST 2009


Author: georg.brandl
Date: Mon Jun  8 15:34:52 2009
New Revision: 73294

Log:
#6194: O_SHLOCK/O_EXLOCK are not really more platform independent than lockf().

Modified:
   python/trunk/Doc/library/fcntl.rst

Modified: python/trunk/Doc/library/fcntl.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Doc/library/fcntl.rst	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/library/fcntl.rst	Mon Jun  8 15:34:52 2009
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@
 
    Module :mod:`os`
       If the locking flags :const:`O_SHLOCK` and :const:`O_EXLOCK` are present
-      in the :mod:`os` module, the :func:`os.open` function provides a more
-      platform-independent alternative to the :func:`lockf` and :func:`flock`
-      functions.
+      in the :mod:`os` module (on BSD only), the :func:`os.open` function
+      provides an alternative to the :func:`lockf` and :func:`flock` functions.
 


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