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a54720f8dd36 Spell Unix, not UNIX.
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1 \chapter{Unix Specific Services}
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3 The modules described in this chapter provide interfaces to features
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4 that are unique to the \UNIX{} operating system, or in some cases to
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5 some or many variants of it. Here's an overview:
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7 \begin{description}
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9 \item[posix]
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10 --- The most common Posix system calls (normally used via module \code{os}).
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12 \item[posixpath]
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13 --- Common Posix pathname manipulations (normally used via \code{os.path}).
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15 \item[pwd]
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16 --- The password database (\code{getpwnam()} and friends).
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18 \item[grp]
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19 --- The group database (\code{getgrnam()} and friends).
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21 \item[crypt]
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22 --- The \code{crypt()} function used to check \UNIX{} passwords.
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24 \item[dbm]
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25 --- The standard ``database'' interface, based on \code{ndbm}.
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27 \item[gdbm]
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28 --- GNU's reinterpretation of dbm.
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30 \item[termios]
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31 --- Posix style tty control.
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33 \item[TERMIOS]
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34 --- The symbolic constants required to use the \code{termios} module.
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36 \item[fcntl]
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37 --- The \code{fcntl()} and \code{ioctl()} system calls.
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39 \item[posixfile]
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40 --- A file-like object with support for locking.
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42 \item[resource]
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43 --- An interface to provide resource usage information on the current
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46 \item[syslog]
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47 --- An interface to the \UNIX{} \code{syslog} library routines.
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49 \end{description}