Doc/mac/libmac.tex

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   2 \section{\module{macpath} ---
   3          MacOS path manipulation functions}
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   5 \declaremodule{standard}{macpath}
   6 % Could be labeled \platform{Mac}, but the module should work anywhere and
   7 % is distributed with the standard library.
   8 \modulesynopsis{MacOS path manipulation functions.}
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  10
  11 This module is the Mac OS 9 (and earlier) implementation of the \module{os.path}
  12 module. It can be used to manipulate old-style Macintosh pathnames on Mac OS
  13 X (or any other platform).
  14 Refer to the
  15 \citetitle[../lib/lib.html]{Python Library Reference} for
  16 documentation of \module{os.path}.
  17
  18 The following functions are available in this module:
  19 \function{normcase()},
  20 \function{normpath()},
  21 \function{isabs()},
  22 \function{join()},
  23 \function{split()},
  24 \function{isdir()},
  25 \function{isfile()},
  26 \function{walk()},
  27 \function{exists()}.
  28 For other functions available in \module{os.path} dummy counterparts
  29 are available.