From: Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 13:36:22 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: dir() method description revised based on comments from Greg Stein.
X-Git-Tag: v1.6a1~1097
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dir() method description revised based on comments from Greg Stein.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libftplib.tex b/Doc/lib/libftplib.tex
index 4a5f98c8eb..becc99b3bc 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libftplib.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libftplib.tex
@@ -208,12 +208,13 @@ non-standard options to the \samp{NLST} command.
 \end{methoddesc}
 
 \begin{methoddesc}{dir}{argument\optional{, \ldots}}
-Return a directory listing as returned by the \samp{LIST} command, as
-a list of lines.  The optional \var{argument} is a directory to list
-(default is the current server directory).  Multiple arguments can be
-used to pass non-standard options to the \samp{LIST} command.  If the
-last argument is a function, it is used as a \var{callback} function
-as for \method{retrlines()}.
+Produce a directory listing as returned by the \samp{LIST} command,
+printing it to standard output.  The optional \var{argument} is a
+directory to list (default is the current server directory).  Multiple
+arguments can be used to pass non-standard options to the \samp{LIST}
+command.  If the last argument is a function, it is used as a
+\var{callback} function as for \method{retrlines()}; the default
+prints to \code{sys.stdout}.  This method returns \code{None}.
 \end{methoddesc}
 
 \begin{methoddesc}{rename}{fromname, toname}