.. _filesys:

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File and Directory Access
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The modules described in this chapter deal with disk files and directories.  For
example, there are modules for reading the properties of files, manipulating
paths in a portable way, and creating temporary files.  The full list of modules
in this chapter is:


.. toctree::

   os.path.txt
   fileinput.txt
   stat.txt
   filecmp.txt
   tempfile.txt
   glob.txt
   fnmatch.txt
   linecache.txt
   shutil.txt
   dircache.txt
   macpath.txt


.. seealso::

   Section :ref:`bltin-file-objects`
      A description of Python's built-in file objects.

   Module :mod:`os`
      Operating system interfaces, including functions to work with files at a lower
      level than the built-in file object.