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author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-01-19 22:14:27 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/sys.rst b/Doc/c-api/sys.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7696811 --- /dev/null +++ b/Doc/c-api/sys.rst @@ -0,0 +1,158 @@ +.. highlightlang:: c + +.. _os: + +Operating System Utilities +========================== + + +.. cfunction:: int Py_FdIsInteractive(FILE *fp, const char *filename) + + Return true (nonzero) if the standard I/O file *fp* with name *filename* is + deemed interactive. This is the case for files for which ``isatty(fileno(fp))`` + is true. If the global flag :cdata:`Py_InteractiveFlag` is true, this function + also returns true if the *filename* pointer is *NULL* or if the name is equal to + one of the strings ``'<stdin>'`` or ``'???'``. + + +.. cfunction:: long PyOS_GetLastModificationTime(char *filename) + + Return the time of last modification of the file *filename*. The result is + encoded in the same way as the timestamp returned by the standard C library + function :cfunc:`time`. + + +.. cfunction:: void PyOS_AfterFork() + + Function to update some internal state after a process fork; this should be + called in the new process if the Python interpreter will continue to be used. + If a new executable is loaded into the new process, this function does not need + to be called. + + +.. cfunction:: int PyOS_CheckStack() + + Return true when the interpreter runs out of stack space. This is a reliable + check, but is only available when :const:`USE_STACKCHECK` is defined (currently + on Windows using the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler). :const:`USE_STACKCHECK` + will be defined automatically; you should never change the definition in your + own code. + + +.. cfunction:: PyOS_sighandler_t PyOS_getsig(int i) + + Return the current signal handler for signal *i*. This is a thin wrapper around + either :cfunc:`sigaction` or :cfunc:`signal`. Do not call those functions + directly! :ctype:`PyOS_sighandler_t` is a typedef alias for :ctype:`void + (\*)(int)`. + + +.. cfunction:: PyOS_sighandler_t PyOS_setsig(int i, PyOS_sighandler_t h) + + Set the signal handler for signal *i* to be *h*; return the old signal handler. + This is a thin wrapper around either :cfunc:`sigaction` or :cfunc:`signal`. Do + not call those functions directly! :ctype:`PyOS_sighandler_t` is a typedef + alias for :ctype:`void (\*)(int)`. + +.. _systemfunctions: + +System Functions +================ + +These are utility functions that make functionality from the :mod:`sys` module +accessible to C code. They all work with the current interpreter thread's +:mod:`sys` module's dict, which is contained in the internal thread state structure. + +.. cfunction:: PyObject *PySys_GetObject(char *name) + + Return the object *name* from the :mod:`sys` module or *NULL* if it does + not exist, without setting an exception. + +.. cfunction:: FILE *PySys_GetFile(char *name, FILE *def) + + Return the :ctype:`FILE*` associated with the object *name* in the + :mod:`sys` module, or *def* if *name* is not in the module or is not associated + with a :ctype:`FILE*`. + +.. cfunction:: int PySys_SetObject(char *name, PyObject *v) + + Set *name* in the :mod:`sys` module to *v* unless *v* is *NULL*, in which + case *name* is deleted from the sys module. Returns ``0`` on success, ``-1`` + on error. + +.. cfunction:: void PySys_ResetWarnOptions(void) + + Reset :data:`sys.warnoptions` to an empty list. + +.. cfunction:: void PySys_AddWarnOption(char *s) + + Append *s* to :data:`sys.warnoptions`. + +.. cfunction:: void PySys_SetPath(char *path) + + Set :data:`sys.path` to a list object of paths found in *path* which should + be a list of paths separated with the platform's search path delimiter + (``:`` on Unix, ``;`` on Windows). + +.. cfunction:: void PySys_WriteStdout(const char *format, ...) + + Write the output string described by *format* to :data:`sys.stdout`. No + exceptions are raised, even if truncation occurs (see below). + + *format* should limit the total size of the formatted output string to + 1000 bytes or less -- after 1000 bytes, the output string is truncated. + In particular, this means that no unrestricted "%s" formats should occur; + these should be limited using "%.<N>s" where <N> is a decimal number + calculated so that <N> plus the maximum size of other formatted text does not + exceed 1000 bytes. Also watch out for "%f", which can print hundreds of + digits for very large numbers. + + If a problem occurs, or :data:`sys.stdout` is unset, the formatted message + is written to the real (C level) *stdout*. + +.. cfunction:: void PySys_WriteStderr(const char *format, ...) + + As above, but write to :data:`sys.stderr` or *stderr* instead. + + +.. _processcontrol: + +Process Control +=============== + + +.. cfunction:: void Py_FatalError(const char *message) + + .. index:: single: abort() + + Print a fatal error message and kill the process. No cleanup is performed. + This function should only be invoked when a condition is detected that would + make it dangerous to continue using the Python interpreter; e.g., when the + object administration appears to be corrupted. On Unix, the standard C library + function :cfunc:`abort` is called which will attempt to produce a :file:`core` + file. + + +.. cfunction:: void Py_Exit(int status) + + .. index:: + single: Py_Finalize() + single: exit() + + Exit the current process. This calls :cfunc:`Py_Finalize` and then calls the + standard C library function ``exit(status)``. + + +.. cfunction:: int Py_AtExit(void (*func) ()) + + .. index:: + single: Py_Finalize() + single: cleanup functions + + Register a cleanup function to be called by :cfunc:`Py_Finalize`. The cleanup + function will be called with no arguments and should return no value. At most + 32 cleanup functions can be registered. When the registration is successful, + :cfunc:`Py_AtExit` returns ``0``; on failure, it returns ``-1``. The cleanup + function registered last is called first. Each cleanup function will be called + at most once. Since Python's internal finalization will have completed before + the cleanup function, no Python APIs should be called by *func*. |