Doc/liballos.tex

   1 \chapter{Generic Operating System Services}
   2 \label{allos}
   3
   4 The modules described in this chapter provide interfaces to operating
   5 system features that are available on (almost) all operating systems,
   6 such as files and a clock.  The interfaces are generally modelled
   7 after the \UNIX{} or \C{} interfaces but they are available on most
   8 other systems as well.  Here's an overview:
   9
  10 \begin{description}
  11
  12 \item[os]
  13 --- Miscellaneous OS interfaces.
  14
  15 \item[time]
  16 --- Time access and conversions.
  17
  18 \item[getopt]
  19 --- Parser for command line options.
  20
  21 \item[tempfile]
  22 --- Generate temporary file names.
  23
  24 \item[errno]
  25 --- Standard errno system symbols.
  26
  27 \item[glob]
  28 --- \UNIX{} shell style pathname pattern expansion.
  29
  30 \item[fnmatch]
  31 --- \UNIX{} shell style pathname pattern matching.
  32
  33 \item[locale]
  34 --- Internationalization services.
  35
  36 \end{description}