From: Victor Stinner Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 08:13:48 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Issue #25605: Document exceptions raised by fcntl.ioctl() and fcntl.flock() X-Git-Tag: v3.5.1rc1~51^2 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9cccfcecc8883c9bcfdc5bc5fb88c37e1e1113b8;p=python Issue #25605: Document exceptions raised by fcntl.ioctl() and fcntl.flock() --- diff --git a/Doc/library/fcntl.rst b/Doc/library/fcntl.rst index a517d6e275..b798f22d7f 100644 --- a/Doc/library/fcntl.rst +++ b/Doc/library/fcntl.rst @@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ The module defines the following functions: buffer 1024 bytes long which is then passed to :func:`ioctl` and copied back into the supplied buffer. + If the :c:func:`ioctl` fails, an :exc:`IOError` exception is raised. + An example:: >>> import array, fcntl, struct, termios, os @@ -104,6 +106,8 @@ The module defines the following functions: :manpage:`flock(2)` for details. (On some systems, this function is emulated using :c:func:`fcntl`.) + If the :c:func:`flock` fails, an :exc:`IOError` exception is raised. + .. function:: lockf(fd, operation, [length, [start, [whence]]])