From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 08:17:08 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: backport bug [ 755617 ] os module: Need a better description of &quot;mode&quot;
X-Git-Tag: v2.4.2c1~126
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=062f18661a89976dd22cda092b9d31808644e64a;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

backport bug [ 755617 ] os module: Need a better description of &quot;mode&quot;
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
index 46764b2bb6da..3cda22626fd3 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
@@ -751,6 +751,11 @@ Change the mode of \var{path} to the numeric \var{mode}.
   \item \code{S_IXOTH}
 \end{itemize}
 Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows.
+
+\note{Although Windows supports \function{chmod()}, you can only 
+set the file's read-only flag with it (via the \code{S_IWRITE} 
+and \code{S_IREAD} constants or a corresponding integer value). 
+All other bits are ignored.}
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{chown}{path, uid, gid}