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[1.5.x] Added links to file docs. 

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Jorge C. Leitão 2013-08-29 12:48:22 -04:00 committed by Tim Graham
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@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ The ``File`` Class
.. class:: File(file_object)
The :class:`File` is a thin wrapper around Python's built-in file object
with some Django-specific additions. Internally, Django uses this class
any time it needs to represent a file.
The :class:`File` class is a thin wrapper around Python's :py:ref:`built-in
file object<bltin-file-objects>` with some Django-specific additions.
Internally, Django uses this class when it needs to represent a file.
:class:`File` objects have the following attributes and methods:
.. attribute:: name
The name of file including the relative path from
The name of the file including the relative path from
:setting:`MEDIA_ROOT`.
.. attribute:: size
@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ The ``File`` Class
.. attribute:: file
The underlying Python ``file`` object passed to
:class:`~django.core.files.File`.
The underlying :py:ref:`built-in file object<bltin-file-objects>` that
this class wraps.
.. attribute:: mode
@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ The ``File`` Class
.. method:: open([mode=None])
Open or reopen the file (which by definition also does
``File.seek(0)``). The ``mode`` argument allows the same values
as Python's standard ``open()``.
Open or reopen the file (which also does ``File.seek(0)``).
The ``mode`` argument allows the same values
as Python's built-in :func:`python:open()`.
When reopening a file, ``mode`` will override whatever mode the file
was originally opened with; ``None`` means to reopen with the original
@ -71,14 +71,14 @@ The ``File`` Class
Writes the specified content string to the file. Depending on the
storage system behind the scenes, this content might not be fully
committed until ``close()`` is called on the file.
committed until :func:`close()` is called on the file.
.. method:: close()
Close the file.
In addition to the listed methods, :class:`~django.core.files.File` exposes
the following attributes and methods of the underlying ``file`` object:
the following attributes and methods of its ``file`` object:
``encoding``, ``fileno``, ``flush``, ``isatty``, ``newlines``,
``read``, ``readinto``, ``readlines``, ``seek``, ``softspace``, ``tell``,
``truncate``, ``writelines``, ``xreadlines``.
@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ The ``ImageFile`` Class
Additional methods on files attached to objects
-----------------------------------------------
Any :class:`File` that's associated with an object (as with ``Car.photo``,
Any :class:`File` that is associated with an object (as with ``Car.photo``,
below) will also have a couple of extra methods:
.. method:: File.save(name, content, [save=True])
@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ below) will also have a couple of extra methods:
>>> car.photo.save('myphoto.jpg', content, save=False)
>>> car.save()
are the same as this one line::
are equivalent to::
>>> car.photo.save('myphoto.jpg', content, save=True)