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.. _filesys: ************************* File and Directory Access ************************* 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.rst fileinput.rst stat.rst statvfs.rst filecmp.rst tempfile.rst glob.rst fnmatch.rst linecache.rst shutil.rst dircache.rst macpath.rst .. 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.