| \chapter{File and Directory Access} |
| \label{filesys} |
| |
| The modules described in this chapter deal with disk files and |
| directories. For example, there are modules for reading the |
| properties of files, manipulating paths in a portable way, and |
| creating temporary files. The full list of modules in this chapter is: |
| |
| \localmoduletable |
| |
| % XXX can this be included in the seealso environment? --amk |
| Also see section \ref{bltin-file-objects} for a description |
| of Python's built-in file objects. |
| |
| \begin{seealso} |
| \seemodule{os}{Operating system interfaces, including functions to |
| work with files at a lower level than the built-in file object.} |
| \end{seealso} |