OS Module Common Functions

OS Module Common Functions

• OS module provides some callable methods and some variables. Some of the common methods for different functional categories are:

Manipulating directories: 

• chdir()
• getcwd()
• listdir()
• mkdir()
• makedirs()
• rmdir()
• removedirs()

Removing a file:

• remove()

Renaming files/directories:

• rename() 

Using more than one process:

• system()
• popen()
• close()
• walk()

User id and process id:

• getgid(), os.getuid(), os.getpid()

More about directories and files:

• error
• stat()

Cross-platform os attributes:

• name

Accessing environment variables:

• environ

Common Functions 

• os.name
• os.error
• os.system()
• os.getcwd
• os.chdir()
• os.listdir()
• os.popen
• os.close()