Deprecate commands.getstatus().
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libcommands.tex b/Doc/lib/libcommands.tex
index 53b8a20..fa9b464 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libcommands.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libcommands.tex
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
Return the output of \samp{ls -ld \var{file}} as a string. This
function uses the \function{getoutput()} function, and properly
escapes backslashes and dollar signs in the argument.
+
+\deprecated{2.6}{This function is nonobvious and useless,
+ also the name is misleading in the presence of
+ \function{getstatusoutput()}.}
\end{funcdesc}
Example:
diff --git a/Lib/commands.py b/Lib/commands.py
index cfbb541..d19aa1a 100644
--- a/Lib/commands.py
+++ b/Lib/commands.py
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
#
def getstatus(file):
"""Return output of "ls -ld <file>" in a string."""
+ import warnings
+ warnings.warn("commands.getstatus() is deprecated", DeprecationWarning)
return getoutput('ls -ld' + mkarg(file))