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:
os
).
os.path
).
getpwnam()
and friends).
getgrnam()
and friends).
crypt()
function used to check Unix passwords).
ndbm
.
fcntl()
and ioctl()
system calls.
posix
posixpath
pwd
grp
dbm
gdbm
termios
TERMIOS
fcntl
posixfile
syslog