.. _someos: ********************************** Optional Operating System Services ********************************** The modules described in this chapter provide interfaces to operating system features that are available on selected operating systems only. The interfaces are generally modeled after the Unix or C interfaces but they are available on some other systems as well (e.g. Windows or NT). Here's an overview: .. toctree:: select.rst threading.rst thread.rst dummy_threading.rst dummy_thread.rst multiprocessing.rst mmap.rst readline.rst rlcompleter.rst