| Andrew M. Kuchling | affd42d | 2005-12-22 20:12:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | \chapter{File and Directory Access} |
| 2 | \label{filesys} |
| 3 | |
| 4 | The modules described in this chapter deal with disk files and |
| 5 | directories. For example, there are modules for reading the |
| 6 | properties of files, manipulating paths in a portable way, and |
| 7 | creating temporary files. The full list of modules in this chapter is: |
| 8 | |
| 9 | \localmoduletable |
| 10 | |
| 11 | % XXX can this be included in the seealso environment? --amk |
| 12 | Also see section \ref{bltin-file-objects} for a description |
| 13 | of Python's built-in file objects. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | \begin{seealso} |
| 16 | \seemodule{os}{Operating system interfaces, including functions to |
| 17 | work with files at a lower level than the built-in file object.} |
| 18 | \end{seealso} |