From 78e14f8eb4b4a96d0766f2857c00de21d3303b17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Miss Islington (bot)" <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 28 May 2018 18:49:42 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] bpo-32878: Adds documentation for st_ino on Windows (GH-5764) (#7189) (cherry picked from commit 3e51a3d5927c680d5410ff11ff8d5e5bb9ffb1e7) Co-authored-by: Steve Dower --- Doc/library/os.rst | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index 784acf0ac5..60ab94f476 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -2378,7 +2378,13 @@ features: .. attribute:: st_ino - Inode number. + Platform dependent, but if non-zero, uniquely identifies the + file for a given value of ``st_dev``. Typically: + + * the inode number on Unix, + * the `file index + `_ on + Windows .. attribute:: st_dev @@ -2537,6 +2543,10 @@ features: .. versionadded:: 3.5 Added the :attr:`st_file_attributes` member on Windows. + .. versionchanged:: 3.5 + Windows now returns the file index as :attr:`st_ino` when + available. + .. versionadded:: 3.7 Added the :attr:`st_fstype` member to Solaris/derivatives. -- 2.40.0