From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 17:19:36 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: #1364: os.lstat is available on Windows too, as an alias to os.stat.
X-Git-Tag: v2.5.2c1~146
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=bf75c5133d61d0c404eddfbfc035829def0af6c0;p=python

#1364: os.lstat is available on Windows too, as an alias to os.stat.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
index 18c51229e8..5b95d716a4 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
@@ -828,8 +828,9 @@ object, the result will be a list of Unicode objects]{2.3}
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{lstat}{path}
-Like \function{stat()}, but do not follow symbolic links.
-Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX.
+Like \function{stat()}, but do not follow symbolic links. This is an
+alias for \function{stat()} on platforms that do not support symbolic
+links, such as Windows.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{mkfifo}{path\optional{, mode}}