| \chapter{Generic Operating System Services} |
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| The modules described in this chapter provide interfaces to operating |
| system features that are available on (almost) all operating systems, |
| such as files and a clock. The interfaces are generally modelled |
| after the \UNIX{} or C interfaces but they are available on most other |
| systems as well. Here's an overview: |
| |
| \begin{description} |
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| \item[os] |
| --- Miscellaneous OS interfaces. |
| |
| \item[time] |
| --- Time access and conversions. |
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| \item[getopt] |
| --- Parser for command line options. |
| |
| \item[tempfile] |
| --- Generate temporary file names. |
| |
| \item[errno] |
| --- Standard errno system symbols. |
| |
| \item[glob] |
| --- Unix shell style pathname pattern expansion. |
| |
| \item[fnmatch] |
| --- Unix shell style pathname pattern matching. |
| |
| \item[locale] |
| --- Internationalization services. |
| |
| \end{description} |