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- <H1>6. Generic Operating System Services</H1>
- The modules described in this chapter provide interfaces to operating
- system features that are available on (almost) all operating systems,
- such as files and a clock. The interfaces are generally modelled
- after the UNIX or C interfaces but they are available on most other
- systems as well. Here's an overview:
- <P>
- <DL>
- <DT><B>os</B><DD>--- Miscellaneous OS interfaces.
- <P>
- <DT><B>time</B><DD>--- Time access and conversions.
- <P>
- <DT><B>getopt</B><DD>--- Parser for command line options.
- <P>
- <DT><B>tempfile</B><DD>--- Generate temporary file names.
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