Added os.remove()/unlink(), rmdir(), rename(), and [f]truncate().
diff --git a/Misc/FAQ b/Misc/FAQ
index 5797f87..9a935c1 100644
--- a/Misc/FAQ
+++ b/Misc/FAQ
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@
4.39. Q. How to implement persistent objects in Python? (Persistent ==
automatically saved to and restored from disk.)
4.40. Q. I try to use __spam and I get an error about _SomeClassName__spam.
+ 4.41. Q. How do I delete a file? And other file questions.
5. Extending Python
5.1. Q. Can I create my own functions in C?
@@ -1708,6 +1709,22 @@
simple but effective way to define class private variables. See the
chapter "New in Release 1.4" in the Python Tutorial.
+4.41. Q. How do I delete a file? And other file questions.
+
+A. Use os.remove(filename) or os.unlink(filename); for documentation,
+see the posix section of the library manual. They are the same,
+unlink() is simply the Unix name for this function. In earlier
+versions of Python, only os.unlink() was available.
+
+To remove a directory, use os.rmdir(); use os.mkdir() to create one.
+
+To rename a file, use os.rename().
+
+To truncate a file, open it using f = open(filename, "w+"), and use
+f.truncate(offset); offset defaults to the current seek position.
+There's also os.ftruncate(fd, offset) for files opened with os.open()
+-- for advanced Unix hacks only.
+
5. Extending Python
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