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Guido van Rossumecde7811995-03-28 13:35:14 +00001\chapter{Generic Operating System Services}
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3The modules described in this chapter provide interfaces to operating
4system features that are available on (almost) all operating systems,
5such as files and a clock. The interfaces are generally modelled
6after the \UNIX{} or C interfaces but they are available on most other
7systems as well. Here's an overview:
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9\begin{description}
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11\item[os]
12--- Miscellaneous OS interfaces.
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14\item[time]
15--- Time access and conversions.
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17\item[getopt]
18--- Parser for command line options.
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20\item[tempfile]
21--- Generate temporary file names.
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Fred Drake4b3f0311996-12-13 22:04:31 +000023\item[errno]
24--- Standard errno system symbols.
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Guido van Rossume6d579d1997-03-25 22:07:53 +000026\item[glob]
27--- Unix shell style pathname pattern expansion.
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Guido van Rossume76b7a81997-04-27 21:25:52 +000029\item[fnmatch]
30--- Unix shell style pathname pattern matching.
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Guido van Rossumecde7811995-03-28 13:35:14 +000032\end{description}