11. File and Directory Access
The modules described in this chapter deal with disk files and
directories. For example, there are modules for reading the
properties of files, manipulating paths in a portable way, and
creating temporary files. The full list of modules in this chapter is:
| os.path |
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Common pathname manipulations. |
| fileinput |
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Perl-like iteration over lines from multiple input
streams, with ``save in place'' capability. |
| stat |
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Utilities for interpreting the results of
os.stat(), os.lstat() and os.fstat(). |
| statvfs |
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Constants for interpreting the result of
os.statvfs(). |
| filecmp |
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Compare files efficiently. |
| tempfile |
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Generate temporary files and directories. |
| glob |
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Unix shell style pathname pattern expansion. |
| fnmatch |
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Unix shell style filename pattern matching. |
| linecache |
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This module provides random access to individual lines
from text files. |
| shutil |
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High-level file operations, including copying. |
| dircache |
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Return directory listing, with cache mechanism. |
Also see section 3.9 for a description
of Python's built-in file objects.
See Also:
- Module os:
- Operating system interfaces, including functions to
work with files at a lower level than the built-in file object.
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