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| author | Mark Summerfield <list@qtrac.plus.com> | 2007-11-02 08:24:59 (GMT) |
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| committer | Mark Summerfield <list@qtrac.plus.com> | 2007-11-02 08:24:59 (GMT) |
| commit | ac3d429edc5d1488c00c443d860f3e00f6bdd49e (patch) | |
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Added more file-handling related cross-references.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index a776a6b..3843b53 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ functionality than importing a operating system dependent built-in module like :mod:`posix` or :mod:`nt`. If you just want to read or write a file see :func:`open`, if you want to manipulate paths, see the :mod:`os.path` module, and if you want to read all the lines in all the files on the -command line see the :mod:`fileinput` module. +command line see the :mod:`fileinput` module. For creating temporary +files and directories see the :mod:`tempfile` module, and for high-level +file and directory handling see the :mod:`shutil` module. This module searches for an operating system dependent built-in module like :mod:`mac` or :mod:`posix` and exports the same functions and data as found @@ -983,6 +985,9 @@ Files and Directories ``0777`` (octal). On some systems, *mode* is ignored. Where it is used, the current umask value is first masked out. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows. + It is also possible to create temporary directories; see the + :mod:`tempfile` module's :func:`tempfile.mkdtemp` function. + .. function:: makedirs(path[, mode]) |