| Method |
Description |
| os._exit() |
Exits the process with the specified status |
| os.abort() |
Terminates a running process immediately |
| os.access() |
Uses the real uid/gid to check access to a path |
| os.add_dll_directory() |
Adds a path to the DLL search path |
| os.chdir() |
Change the current working directory |
| os.chflags() |
Sets the flags of path to the numeric flags |
| os.chmod() |
Changes the mode of path to the numeric mode |
| os.chown() |
Changes the owner and group id of a specified path to the specified numeric
owner id and group id |
| os.chroot() |
Changes the root directory of the current process to a specified path |
| os.close() |
Closes the specified file descriptor |
| os.closerange() |
Closes all file descriptors from fd_low to fd_high |
| os.confstr() |
Returns string-valued system configuration values |
| os.cpu_count() |
Returns the number of CPUs present in the system |
| os.ctermid() |
Returns the filename associated with the controlling terminal of the
process |
| os.device_encoding() |
Returns the encoding of the device associated with the file descriptor, if it is connected
to a terminal |
| os.dup() |
Duplicates a file descriptor |
| os.dup2() |
Duplicates a file descriptor to a given value |
| os.fchdir() |
Changes the current working directory to a directory opened by os.open() |
| os.fchmod() |
Changes the mode of a file to the specified numeric mode |
| os.fchown() |
Changes the owner and group id of a file to the numeric uid and gid |
| os.fdatasync() |
Forces write of file to disc - not forces update of metadata |
| os.fdopen() |
Returns an open file object connected to a file |
| os.fork() |
Forks a child process |
| os.forkpty() |
Forks a child process, using a new pseudo-terminal as the child's
controlling terminal |
| os.fpathconf() |
Returns system configuration information relevant to an open file |
| os.fsdecode() |
Decodes a file path |
| os.fsencode() |
Encodes a file path |
| os.fspath() |
Returns the file system representation of a path |
| os.fstat() |
Returns the status of a file |
| os.fstatvfs() |
Returns information about the file system of a file |
| os.fsync() |
Forces write of file with file descriptor fd to disk |
| os.ftruncate() |
Truncates a file to a specified length |
| os.fwalk() |
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| os.get_blocking() |
Returns the blocking mode information of the file descriptor |
| os.get_exec_path() |
Returns a list of directories, in which the system looks for named
executable programs |
| os.get_handle_inheritable() |
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| os.get_inheritable() |
Returns the inheritable flag of the file descriptor |
| os.get_terminal_size() |
Returns the size of a terminal as a pair of columns and lines |
| os.getcwd() |
Returns the current working directory |
| os.getcwdb() |
Returns the current working directory in bytestring |
| os.getegid() |
Return the effective group id of the current process |
| os.getenv() |
Returns the value of the environment variable key |
| os.getenvb() |
Returns the value of the environment variable key, in bytes |
| os.geteuid() |
Returns the effective user id of the current process |
| os.getgid() |
Returns the real group id of the current process |
| os.getgrouplist() |
Returns a list of all group
ids for a specified user |
| os.getgroups() |
Returns a list of supplementary group ids associated with the current
process |
| os.getloadavg() |
Returns the load average over the last 1, 5, and 15 minutes |
| os.getlogin() |
Returns the name of the user logged in to the terminal |
| os.getpgid() |
Returns the process group id of a specific process id |
| os.getpgrp() |
Returns the current process group id |
| os.getpid() |
Returns the process id of the current process |
| os.getppid() |
Returns the parent process id of the current process |
| os.getpriority() |
Returns the scheduling priority of a process, process group, or user |
| os.getresgid() |
Returns the current process' real, effective, and saved group ids |
| os.getresuid() |
Returns the current process' real, effective, and saved user ids |
| os.getsid() |
Returns the session id of a process |
| os.getuid() |
Returns the current process' real user id |
| os.initgroups() |
Initializes a group access list showing all the member groups of a user
plus the group id |
| os.isatty() |
Returns whether a file descriptor is open and connected to a tty(-like) device
or not. |
| os.kill() |
Sends a signal to the process with the specified process id |
| os.killpg() |
Sends a signal to the process with the specified process id |
| os.lchflags() |
Changes the flags of a path to the numeric flags |
| os.lchmod() |
Changes the mode of path to the numeric mode |
| os.lchown() |
Changes the owner and group id of path to the numeric uid and gid |
| os.link() |
Creates a hard link pointing to source named destination |
| os.listdir() |
Returns a list of the names of the entries in a directory |
| os.lockf() |
Applies, tests, or removes a POSIX lock on an open file |
| os.lseek() |
Sets the current position of file descriptor to the defined position |
| os.lstat() |
Returns the status of a file or file descriptor, but does not follow
symbolic links |
| os.major() |
Returns the device major number from raw device number |
| os.makedev() |
Returns a raw device number from the specified major and minor device
numbers |
| os.makedirs() |
Creates a directory recursively |
| os.memfd_create() |
Create an anonymous file and returns a file descriptor |
| os.minor() |
Returns the device minor number from raw device number |
| os.mkdir() |
Creates a directory (with a specified mode) |
| os.mkfifo() |
Creates a FIFO named path (with a specified mode) |
| os.mknod() |
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| os.nice() |
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| os.open() |
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| os.openpty() |
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| os.pathconf() |
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| os.pipe() |
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| os.pipe2() |
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| os.plock() |
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| os.popen() |
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| os.posix_fadvise() |
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| os.posix_fallocate() |
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| os.posix_spawn() |
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| os.posix_spawnp() |
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| os.pread() |
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| os.preadv() |
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| os.putenv() |
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| os.pwrite() |
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| os.pwritev() |
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| os.read() |
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| os.readlink() |
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| os.readv() |
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| os.register_at_fork() |
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| os.remove() |
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| os.removedirs() |
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| os.removexattr() |
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| os.rename() |
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| os.renames() |
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| os.replace() |
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| os.rmdir() |
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| os.scandir() |
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| os.sched_get_priority_max() |
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| os.sched_get_priority_min() |
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| os.sched_getaffinity() |
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| os.sched_getparam() |
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| os.sched_getscheduler() |
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| os.sched_rr_get_interval() |
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| os.sched_setaffinity() |
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| os.sched_setparam() |
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| os.sched_setscheduler() |
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| os.sched_yield() |
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| os.sendfile() |
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| os.set_blocking() |
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| os.set_handle_inheritable() |
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| os.set_inheritable() |
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| os.setegid() |
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| os.seteuid() |
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| os.setgid() |
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| os.setgroups() |
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| os.setpgid() |
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| os.setpriority() |
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| os.setregid() |
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| os.setresgid() |
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| os.setresuid() |
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| os.setreuid() |
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| os.setsid() |
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| os.setuid() |
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| os.setxattr() |
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| os.spawnl() |
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| os.spawnle() |
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| os.spawnlp() |
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| os.spawnlpe() |
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| os.spawnv() |
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| os.spawnve() |
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| os.spawnvp() |
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| os.spawnvpe() |
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| os.startfile() |
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| os.stat() |
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| os.statvfs() |
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| os.strerror() |
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| os.symlink() |
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| os.sync() |
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| os.sysconf() |
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| os.system() |
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| os.tcgetpgrp() |
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| os.tcsetpgrp() |
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| os.times() |
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| os.truncate() |
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| os.ttyname() |
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| os.umask() |
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| os.uname() |
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| os.unlink() |
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| os.unsetenv() |
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| os.urandom() |
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| os.utime() |
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| os.wait() |
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| os.wait3() |
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| os.wait4() |
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| os.waitid() |
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| os.waitpid() |
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| os.walk() |
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| os.write() |
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| os.writev() |
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