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:: pathlib.rst os.path.rst fileinput.rst stat.rst filecmp.rst tempfile.rst glob.rst fnmatch.rst linecache.rst shutil.rst macpath.rst
.. seealso::
Module :mod:`os`
Operating system interfaces, including functions to work with files at a
lower level than Python :term:`file objects <file object>`.
Module :mod:`io`
Python's built-in I/O library, including both abstract classes and
some concrete classes such as file I/O.
Built-in function :func:`open`
The standard way to open files for reading and writing with Python.