From fe12390b45ac5ac8080461d21e0471e4a690dc71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Georg Brandl Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 12:12:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Better example for os.system(): do not change the system time. --- Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst b/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst index 61e1a451eb..9d25dbd9b7 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst @@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ The :mod:`os` module provides dozens of functions for interacting with the operating system:: >>> import os - >>> os.system('time 0:02') - 0 >>> os.getcwd() # Return the current working directory 'C:\\Python31' - >>> os.chdir('/server/accesslogs') + >>> os.chdir('/server/accesslogs') # Change current working directory + >>> os.system('mkdir today') # Run the command mkdir in the system shell + 0 Be sure to use the ``import os`` style instead of ``from os import *``. This will keep :func:`os.open` from shadowing the built-in :func:`open` function which -- 2.50.1