[Python-checkins] Doc: change 'Posix' for 'POSIX' (GH-20001)
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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/205b554570d3dc5fb102b1cfc515922ffd842e43
commit: 205b554570d3dc5fb102b1cfc515922ffd842e43
branch: 3.7
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committer: GitHub <noreply at github.com>
date: 2020-05-17T14:35:22-07:00
summary:
Doc: change 'Posix' for 'POSIX' (GH-20001)
(cherry picked from commit 65460565df99fbda6a74b6bb4bf99affaaf8bd95)
Co-authored-by: Mathieu Dupuy <mathieu.dupuy at doctolib.com>
files:
M Doc/howto/sockets.rst
M Doc/library/subprocess.rst
M Doc/library/sysconfig.rst
diff --git a/Doc/howto/sockets.rst b/Doc/howto/sockets.rst
index bc71d85a83e92..b5c2152ec7004 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/sockets.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/sockets.rst
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ inside-out.
In Python, you use ``socket.setblocking(0)`` to make it non-blocking. In C, it's
more complex, (for one thing, you'll need to choose between the BSD flavor
-``O_NONBLOCK`` and the almost indistinguishable Posix flavor ``O_NDELAY``, which
+``O_NONBLOCK`` and the almost indistinguishable POSIX flavor ``O_NDELAY``, which
is completely different from ``TCP_NODELAY``), but it's the exact same idea. You
do this after creating the socket, but before using it. (Actually, if you're
nuts, you can switch back and forth.)
diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
index 69737820f37d8..9b5b4565c76ab 100644
--- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
@@ -711,14 +711,14 @@ Instances of the :class:`Popen` class have the following methods:
.. method:: Popen.terminate()
- Stop the child. On Posix OSs the method sends SIGTERM to the
+ Stop the child. On POSIX OSs the method sends SIGTERM to the
child. On Windows the Win32 API function :c:func:`TerminateProcess` is called
to stop the child.
.. method:: Popen.kill()
- Kills the child. On Posix OSs the function sends SIGKILL to the child.
+ Kills the child. On POSIX OSs the function sends SIGKILL to the child.
On Windows :meth:`kill` is an alias for :meth:`terminate`.
diff --git a/Doc/library/sysconfig.rst b/Doc/library/sysconfig.rst
index b5a1da80c686d..78a1dfce9ae05 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sysconfig.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sysconfig.rst
@@ -74,12 +74,12 @@ places.
Python currently supports seven schemes:
-- *posix_prefix*: scheme for Posix platforms like Linux or Mac OS X. This is
+- *posix_prefix*: scheme for POSIX platforms like Linux or Mac OS X. This is
the default scheme used when Python or a component is installed.
-- *posix_home*: scheme for Posix platforms used when a *home* option is used
+- *posix_home*: scheme for POSIX platforms used when a *home* option is used
upon installation. This scheme is used when a component is installed through
Distutils with a specific home prefix.
-- *posix_user*: scheme for Posix platforms used when a component is installed
+- *posix_user*: scheme for POSIX platforms used when a component is installed
through Distutils and the *user* option is used. This scheme defines paths
located under the user home directory.
- *nt*: scheme for NT platforms like Windows.
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