Doc/mac/libmac.tex

   1 \chapter{MACINTOSH ONLY}
   2
   3 The modules in this chapter are available on the Apple Macintosh only.
   4
   5 \section{Built-in module \sectcode{mac}}
   6
   7 \bimodindex{mac}
   8 This module provides a subset of the operating system dependent
   9 functionality provided by the optional built-in module \code{posix}.
  10 It is best accessed through the more portable standard module
  11 \code{os}.
  12
  13 The following functions are available in this module:
  14 \code{chdir},
  15 \code{getcwd},
  16 \code{listdir},
  17 \code{mkdir},
  18 \code{rename},
  19 \code{rmdir},
  20 \code{stat},
  21 \code{sync},
  22 \code{unlink},
  23 as well as the exception \code{error}.
  24
  25 \section{Standard module \sectcode{macpath}}
  26
  27 \stmodindex{macpath}
  28 This module provides a subset of the pathname manipulation functions
  29 available from the optional standard module \code{posixpath}.  It is
  30 best accessed through the more portable standard module \code{os}, as
  31 \code{os.path}.
  32
  33 The following functions are available in this module:
  34 \code{normcase},
  35 \code{isabs},
  36 \code{join},
  37 \code{split},
  38 \code{isdir},
  39 \code{isfile},
  40 \code{exists}.