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+.. _filesys:
+
+*************************
+File and Directory Access
+*************************
+
+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::
+
+   os.path.rst
+   fileinput.rst
+   stat.rst
+   statvfs.rst
+   filecmp.rst
+   tempfile.rst
+   glob.rst
+   fnmatch.rst
+   linecache.rst
+   shutil.rst
+   dircache.rst
+   macpath.rst
+
+
+.. seealso::
+
+   Section :ref:`bltin-file-objects`
+      A description of Python's built-in file objects.
+
+   Module :mod:`os`
+      Operating system interfaces, including functions to work with files at a lower
+      level than the built-in file object.
+