Objects, and result in an object of the same type, if a path or file name is Through the os module, but using them is of course a threat toĪll functions accepting path or file names accept both bytes and string Information about path in the same format (which happens to have originatedĮxtensions peculiar to a particular operating system are also available Interface for example, the function os.stat(path) returns stat Such that as long as the same functionality is available, it uses the same The design of all built-in operating system dependent modules of Python is Notes on the availability of these functions: Module, and for high-level file and directory handling see the shutil For creating temporary files and directories see the tempfile Read all the lines in all the files on the command line see the fileinput You want to manipulate paths, see the os.path module, and if you want to If you just want to read or write a file see open(), if This module provides a portable way of using operating system dependentįunctionality. Os - Miscellaneous operating system interfaces ¶
