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diff --git a/Doc/libunix.tex b/Doc/libunix.tex deleted file mode 100644 index c836515..0000000 --- a/Doc/libunix.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,58 +0,0 @@ -\chapter{Unix Specific Services} -\label{unix} - -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: - -\begin{description} - -\item[posix] ---- The most common \POSIX{} system calls (normally used via module -\module{os}). - -\item[posixpath] ---- Common \POSIX{} pathname manipulations (normally used via \code{os.path}). - -\item[pwd] ---- The password database (\function{getpwnam()} and friends). - -\item[grp] ---- The group database (\function{getgrnam()} and friends). - -\item[crypt] ---- The \cfunction{crypt()} function used to check \UNIX{} passwords. - -\item[dbm] ---- The standard ``database'' interface, based on \code{ndbm}. - -\item[gdbm] ---- GNU's reinterpretation of dbm. - -\item[termios] ---- \POSIX{} style tty control. - -\item[TERMIOS] ---- The symbolic constants required to use the \module{termios} module. - -\item[fcntl] ---- The \function{fcntl()} and \function{ioctl()} system calls. - -\item[posixfile] ---- A file-like object with support for locking. - -\item[resource] ---- An interface to provide resource usage information on the current -process. - -\item[syslog] ---- An interface to the \UNIX{} \code{syslog} library routines. - -\item[stat] ---- Constants and functions for interpreting the results of -\function{os.stat()}, \function{os.lstat()} and \function{os.fstat()}. - -\item[commands] ---- Wrapper functions for \function{os.popen()}. - -\end{description} |