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@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ The ``File`` Class
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.. class:: File(file_object)
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- The :class:`File` is a thin wrapper around Python's built-in file object
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- with some Django-specific additions. Internally, Django uses this class
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- any time it needs to represent a file.
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+ The :class:`File` class is a thin wrapper around Python's :py:ref:`built-in
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+ file object<bltin-file-objects>` with some Django-specific additions.
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+ Internally, Django uses this class when it needs to represent a file.
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:class:`File` objects have the following attributes and methods:
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.. attribute:: name
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- The name of file including the relative path from
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+ The name of the file including the relative path from
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:setting:`MEDIA_ROOT`.
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.. attribute:: size
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@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ The ``File`` Class
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.. attribute:: file
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- The underlying Python ``file`` object passed to
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- :class:`~django.core.files.File`.
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+ The underlying :py:ref:`built-in file object<bltin-file-objects>` that
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+ this class wraps.
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.. attribute:: mode
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@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ The ``File`` Class
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.. method:: open([mode=None])
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- Open or reopen the file (which by definition also does
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- ``File.seek(0)``). The ``mode`` argument allows the same values
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- as Python's standard ``open()``.
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+ Open or reopen the file (which also does ``File.seek(0)``).
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+ The ``mode`` argument allows the same values
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+ as Python's built-in :func:`python:open()`.
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When reopening a file, ``mode`` will override whatever mode the file
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was originally opened with; ``None`` means to reopen with the original
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@@ -71,14 +71,14 @@ The ``File`` Class
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Writes the specified content string to the file. Depending on the
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storage system behind the scenes, this content might not be fully
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- committed until ``close()`` is called on the file.
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+ committed until :func:`close()` is called on the file.
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.. method:: close()
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Close the file.
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In addition to the listed methods, :class:`~django.core.files.File` exposes
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- the following attributes and methods of the underlying ``file`` object:
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+ the following attributes and methods of its ``file`` object:
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``encoding``, ``fileno``, ``flush``, ``isatty``, ``newlines``,
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``read``, ``readinto``, ``readlines``, ``seek``, ``softspace``, ``tell``,
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``truncate``, ``writelines``, ``xreadlines``.
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@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ The ``ImageFile`` Class
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Additional methods on files attached to objects
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-Any :class:`File` that's associated with an object (as with ``Car.photo``,
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+Any :class:`File` that is associated with an object (as with ``Car.photo``,
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below) will also have a couple of extra methods:
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.. method:: File.save(name, content, [save=True])
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@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ below) will also have a couple of extra methods:
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>>> car.photo.save('myphoto.jpg', content, save=False)
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>>> car.save()
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- are the same as this one line::
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+ are equivalent to::
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>>> car.photo.save('myphoto.jpg', content, save=True)
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