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diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/python/Doc/lib/libdircache.tex b/sys/src/cmd/python/Doc/lib/libdircache.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 58845493b..000000000 --- a/sys/src/cmd/python/Doc/lib/libdircache.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,49 +0,0 @@ -\section{\module{dircache} --- - Cached directory listings} - -\declaremodule{standard}{dircache} -\sectionauthor{Moshe Zadka}{moshez@zadka.site.co.il} -\modulesynopsis{Return directory listing, with cache mechanism.} - -The \module{dircache} module defines a function for reading directory listing -using a cache, and cache invalidation using the \var{mtime} of the directory. -Additionally, it defines a function to annotate directories by appending -a slash. - -The \module{dircache} module defines the following functions: - -\begin{funcdesc}{reset}{} -Resets the directory cache. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{listdir}{path} -Return a directory listing of \var{path}, as gotten from -\function{os.listdir()}. Note that unless \var{path} changes, further call -to \function{listdir()} will not re-read the directory structure. - -Note that the list returned should be regarded as read-only. (Perhaps -a future version should change it to return a tuple?) -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{opendir}{path} -Same as \function{listdir()}. Defined for backwards compatibility. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{annotate}{head, list} -Assume \var{list} is a list of paths relative to \var{head}, and append, -in place, a \character{/} to each path which points to a directory. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{verbatim} ->>> import dircache ->>> a = dircache.listdir('/') ->>> a = a[:] # Copy the return value so we can change 'a' ->>> a -['bin', 'boot', 'cdrom', 'dev', 'etc', 'floppy', 'home', 'initrd', 'lib', 'lost+ -found', 'mnt', 'proc', 'root', 'sbin', 'tmp', 'usr', 'var', 'vmlinuz'] ->>> dircache.annotate('/', a) ->>> a -['bin/', 'boot/', 'cdrom/', 'dev/', 'etc/', 'floppy/', 'home/', 'initrd/', 'lib/ -', 'lost+found/', 'mnt/', 'proc/', 'root/', 'sbin/', 'tmp/', 'usr/', 'var/', 'vm -linuz'] -\end{verbatim} |