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These functions are described in :ref:`os-file-dir`.
+.. function:: fsencode(value)
+
+ Encode *value* to bytes for use in the file system, environment variables or
+ the command line. Uses :func:`sys.getfilesystemencoding` and
+ ``'surrogateescape'`` error handler for strings and returns bytes unchanged.
+
+ Availability: Unix.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.2
+
+
.. function:: get_exec_path(env=None)
Returns the list of directories that will be searched for a named