1.9. os — Miscellaneous operating system interfaces

This module provides a portable way of using operating system dependent functionality.

os.uname()

Returns information identifying the current operating system. The return value is an object with five attributes:

  • sysname - operating system name
  • nodename - name of machine on network (implementation-defined)
  • release - operating system release
  • version - operating system version
  • machine - hardware identifier
os.getcwd()

Return a string representing the current working directory.

os.listdir(path='.')

Return a list containing the names of the entries in the directory given by path. The list is in arbitrary order, and does not include the special entries '.' and '..' even if they are present in the directory.

os.stat()

Return a stat_result object for this entry.

os.system(command)

Returns the output of given file system command. Raises OSError if the command is missing or fails to execute.

os.format(path)

Format file system at given path. All data in the file system will be lost.