Doc/mac/libmac.tex

   1 \section{\module{mac} ---
   2          Implementations for the \module{os} module}
   3
   4 \declaremodule{builtin}{mac}
   5   \platform{Mac}
   6 \modulesynopsis{Implementations for the \module{os} module.}
   7
   8
   9 This module implements the Mac OS 9 operating system dependent functionality
  10 provided by the standard module \module{os}\refstmodindex{os}.  It is
  11 best accessed through the \module{os} module. This module is only available in
  12 MacPython-OS9, on MacPython-OSX \module{posix} is used.
  13
  14 The following functions are available in this module:
  15 \function{chdir()},
  16 \function{close()},
  17 \function{dup()},
  18 \function{fdopen()},
  19 \function{getcwd()},
  20 \function{lseek()},
  21 \function{listdir()},
  22 \function{mkdir()},
  23 \function{open()},
  24 \function{read()},
  25 \function{rename()},
  26 \function{rmdir()},
  27 \function{stat()},
  28 \function{sync()},
  29 \function{unlink()},
  30 \function{write()},
  31 as well as the exception \exception{error}. Note that the times
  32 returned by \function{stat()} are floating-point values, like all time
  33 values in MacPython-OS9.
  34
  35 \section{\module{macpath} ---
  36          MacOS path manipulation functions}
  37
  38 \declaremodule{standard}{macpath}
  39 % Could be labeled \platform{Mac}, but the module should work anywhere and
  40 % is distributed with the standard library.
  41 \modulesynopsis{MacOS path manipulation functions.}
  42
  43
  44 This module is the Macintosh implementation of the \module{os.path}
  45 module.  It is most portably accessed as
  46 \module{os.path}\refstmodindex{os.path}.  Refer to the
  47 \citetitle[../lib/lib.html]{Python Library Reference} for
  48 documentation of \module{os.path}.
  49
  50 The following functions are available in this module:
  51 \function{normcase()},
  52 \function{normpath()},
  53 \function{isabs()},
  54 \function{join()},
  55 \function{split()},
  56 \function{isdir()},
  57 \function{isfile()},
  58 \function{walk()},
  59 \function{exists()}.
  60 For other functions available in \module{os.path} dummy counterparts
  61 are available.