UNIX Specific Services -- Python library reference
Next: The Python Debugger
Prev: Optional Operating System Services
Up: Top
Top: Top
8. UNIX Specific Services
The modules described in this chapter provide interfaces to features
that are unique to the UNIX operating system, or in some cases to
some or many variants of it. Here's an overview:
- posix
- --- The most common Posix system calls (normally used via module
os).
- posixpath
- --- Common Posix pathname manipulations (normally used via
os.path).
- pwd
- --- The password database (
getpwnam() and friends).
- grp
- --- The group database (
getgrnam() and friends).
- dbm
- --- The standard ``database'' interface, based on
ndbm.
- gdbm
- --- GNU's reinterpretation of dbm.
- termios
- --- Posix style tty control.
- fcntl
- --- The
fcntl() and ioctl() system calls.
- posixfile
- --- A file-like object with support for locking.
Menu
- posix
- posixpath
- pwd
- grp
- dbm
- gdbm
- termios
- TERMIOS
- fcntl
- posixfile
- syslog
Next: The Python Debugger
Prev: Optional Operating System Services
Up: Top
Top: Top