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\chapter{Unix Specific Services}
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\label{unix}
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The modules described in this chapter provide interfaces to features
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that are unique to the \UNIX{} operating system, or in some cases to
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some or many variants of it. Here's an overview:
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\begin{description}
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\item[posix]
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--- The most common \POSIX{} system calls (normally used via module
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\module{os}).
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\item[posixpath]
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--- Common \POSIX{} pathname manipulations (normally used via \code{os.path}).
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\item[pwd]
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--- The password database (\function{getpwnam()} and friends).
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\item[grp]
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--- The group database (\function{getgrnam()} and friends).
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\item[crypt]
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--- The \cfunction{crypt()} function used to check \UNIX{} passwords.
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\item[dbm]
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--- The standard ``database'' interface, based on \code{ndbm}.
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\item[gdbm]
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--- GNU's reinterpretation of dbm.
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\item[termios]
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--- \POSIX{} style tty control.
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\item[TERMIOS]
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--- The symbolic constants required to use the \module{termios} module.
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\item[fcntl]
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--- The \function{fcntl()} and \function{ioctl()} system calls.
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\item[posixfile]
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--- A file-like object with support for locking.
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\item[resource]
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--- An interface to provide resource usage information on the current
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process.
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\item[syslog]
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--- An interface to the \UNIX{} \code{syslog} library routines.
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\item[stat]
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--- Constants and functions for interpreting the results of
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\function{os.stat()}, \function{os.lstat()} and \function{os.fstat()}.
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\item[commands]
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--- Wrapper functions for \function{os.popen()}.
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\end{description}
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