Patch #1490190: posixmodule now includes os.chflags() and os.lchflags()
functions on platforms where the underlying system calls are available.
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
index 355d8fa..cbb35f3 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
@@ -758,6 +758,26 @@
\versionadded{2.3}
\end{funcdesc}
+\begin{funcdesc}{chflags}{path, flags}
+Set the flags of \var{path} to the numeric \var{flags}.
+\var{flags} may take a combination (bitwise OR) of the following values
+(as defined in the \module{stat} module):
+\begin{itemize}
+ \item \code{UF_NODUMP}
+ \item \code{UF_IMMUTABLE}
+ \item \code{UF_APPEND}
+ \item \code{UF_OPAQUE}
+ \item \code{UF_NOUNLINK}
+ \item \code{SF_ARCHIVED}
+ \item \code{SF_IMMUTABLE}
+ \item \code{SF_APPEND}
+ \item \code{SF_NOUNLINK}
+ \item \code{SF_SNAPSHOT}
+\end{itemize}
+Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX.
+\versionadded{2.6}
+\end{funcdesc}
+
\begin{funcdesc}{chroot}{path}
Change the root directory of the current process to \var{path}.
Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX.
@@ -804,6 +824,13 @@
Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX.
\end{funcdesc}
+\begin{funcdesc}{lchflags}{path, flags}
+Set the flags of \var{path} to the numeric \var{flags}, like
+\function{chflags()}, but do not follow symbolic links.
+Availability: \UNIX.
+\versionadded{2.6}
+\end{funcdesc}
+
\begin{funcdesc}{lchown}{path, uid, gid}
Change the owner and group id of \var{path} to the numeric \var{uid}
and gid. This function will not follow symbolic links.
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libshutil.tex b/Doc/lib/libshutil.tex
index 449d741..ab2a0c1 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libshutil.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libshutil.tex
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{copystat}{src, dst}
- Copy the permission bits, last access time, and last modification
- time from \var{src} to \var{dst}. The file contents, owner, and
+ Copy the permission bits, last access time, last modification time,
+ and flags from \var{src} to \var{dst}. The file contents, owner, and
group are unaffected. \var{src} and \var{dst} are path names given
as strings.
\end{funcdesc}