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   1 \chapter{UNIX Specific Services}
   2
   3 The modules described in this chapter provide interfaces to features
   4 that are unique to the \UNIX{} operating system, or in some cases to
   5 some or many variants of it.  Here's an overview:
   6
   7 \begin{description}
   8
   9 \item[posix]
  10 --- The most common Posix system calls (normally used via module \code{os}).
  11
  12 \item[posixpath]
  13 --- Common Posix pathname manipulations (normally used via \code{os.path}).
  14
  15 \item[pwd]
  16 --- The password database (\code{getpwnam()} and friends).
  17
  18 \item[grp]
  19 --- The group database (\code{getgrnam()} and friends).
  20
  21 \item[crypt]
  22 --- The (\code{crypt()} function used to check Unix passwords).
  23
  24 \item[dbm]
  25 --- The standard ``database'' interface, based on \code{ndbm}.
  26
  27 \item[gdbm]
  28 --- GNU's reinterpretation of dbm.
  29
  30 \item[termios]
  31 --- Posix style tty control.
  32
  33 \item[fcntl]
  34 --- The \code{fcntl()} and \code{ioctl()} system calls.
  35
  36 \item[posixfile]
  37 --- A file-like object with support for locking.
  38
  39 \end{description}