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 5File and Directory Access
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 8The modules described in this chapter deal with disk files and directories.  For
 9example, there are modules for reading the properties of files, manipulating
10paths in a portable way, and creating temporary files.  The full list of modules
11in this chapter is:
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14.. toctree::
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16   os.path.rst
17   fileinput.rst
18   stat.rst
19   statvfs.rst
20   filecmp.rst
21   tempfile.rst
22   glob.rst
23   fnmatch.rst
24   linecache.rst
25   shutil.rst
26   dircache.rst
27   macpath.rst
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30.. seealso::
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32   Section :ref:`bltin-file-objects`
33      A description of Python's built-in file objects.
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35   Module :mod:`os`
36      Operating system interfaces, including functions to work with files at a lower
37      level than the built-in file object.
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