From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:45:42 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Document os.device_encoding.
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Document os.device_encoding.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 4dbeac38889e..2a8325ab4ea6 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -401,6 +401,12 @@ by file descriptors.
       :func:`fdopen`, use its :meth:`close` method.
 
 
+.. function:: device_encoding(fd)
+
+   Return a string describing the encoding of the device associated with *fd*
+   if it is connected to a terminal; else return :const:`None`.
+
+
 .. function:: dup(fd)
 
    Return a duplicate of file descriptor *fd*. Availability: Macintosh, Unix,