Doc/liballos.tex

   1 \chapter{Generic Operating System Services}
   2
   3 The modules described in this chapter provide interfaces to operating
   4 system features that are available on (almost) all operating systems,
   5 such as files and a clock.  The interfaces are generally modelled
   6 after the \UNIX{} or C interfaces but they are available on most other
   7 systems as well.  Here's an overview:
   8
   9 \begin{description}
  10
  11 \item[os]
  12 --- Miscellaneous OS interfaces.
  13
  14 \item[time]
  15 --- Time access and conversions.
  16
  17 \item[getopt]
  18 --- Parser for command line options.
  19
  20 \item[tempfile]
  21 --- Generate temporary file names.
  22
  23 \end{description}