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55 | <H1><A NAME="SECTION007100000000000000000"></A><A NAME="os"></A> | |
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57 | 5.1 Operating System Utilities | |
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61 | <dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>int <b><tt id='l2h-156' xml:id='l2h-156' class="cfunction">Py_FdIsInteractive</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>FILE *<var>fp</var>, char *<var>filename</var>)</td></tr></table></dt> | |
62 | <dd> | |
63 | Return true (nonzero) if the standard I/O file <var>fp</var> with name | |
64 | <var>filename</var> is deemed interactive. This is the case for files | |
65 | for which "<tt class="samp">isatty(fileno(<var>fp</var>))</tt>" is true. If the global | |
66 | flag <tt class="cdata">Py_InteractiveFlag</tt> is true, this function also returns | |
67 | true if the <var>filename</var> pointer is <tt class="constant">NULL</tt> or if the name is | |
68 | equal to one of the strings <code>'<stdin>'</code> or <code>'???'</code>. | |
69 | </dd></dl> | |
70 | ||
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72 | <dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>long <b><tt id='l2h-157' xml:id='l2h-157' class="cfunction">PyOS_GetLastModificationTime</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>char *<var>filename</var>)</td></tr></table></dt> | |
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74 | Return the time of last modification of the file <var>filename</var>. | |
75 | The result is encoded in the same way as the timestamp returned by | |
76 | the standard C library function <tt class="cfunction">time()</tt>. | |
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80 | <dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>void <b><tt id='l2h-158' xml:id='l2h-158' class="cfunction">PyOS_AfterFork</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>)</td></tr></table></dt> | |
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82 | Function to update some internal state after a process fork; this | |
83 | should be called in the new process if the Python interpreter will | |
84 | continue to be used. If a new executable is loaded into the new | |
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89 | <dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>int <b><tt id='l2h-159' xml:id='l2h-159' class="cfunction">PyOS_CheckStack</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>)</td></tr></table></dt> | |
90 | <dd> | |
91 | Return true when the interpreter runs out of stack space. This is a | |
92 | reliable check, but is only available when <tt class="constant">USE_STACKCHECK</tt> | |
93 | is defined (currently on Windows using the Microsoft Visual C++ | |
94 | compiler). <tt class="constant">USE_STACKCHECK</tt> will be | |
95 | defined automatically; you should never change the definition in | |
96 | your own code. | |
97 | </dd></dl> | |
98 | ||
99 | <P> | |
100 | <dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>PyOS_sighandler_t <b><tt id='l2h-160' xml:id='l2h-160' class="cfunction">PyOS_getsig</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>int <var>i</var>)</td></tr></table></dt> | |
101 | <dd> | |
102 | Return the current signal handler for signal <var>i</var>. This is a | |
103 | thin wrapper around either <tt class="cfunction">sigaction()</tt> or | |
104 | <tt class="cfunction">signal()</tt>. Do not call those functions directly! | |
105 | <tt class="ctype">PyOS_sighandler_t</tt> is a typedef alias for <tt class="ctype">void | |
106 | (*)(int)</tt>. | |
107 | </dd></dl> | |
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110 | <dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>PyOS_sighandler_t <b><tt id='l2h-161' xml:id='l2h-161' class="cfunction">PyOS_setsig</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>int <var>i</var>, PyOS_sighandler_t <var>h</var>)</td></tr></table></dt> | |
111 | <dd> | |
112 | Set the signal handler for signal <var>i</var> to be <var>h</var>; return the | |
113 | old signal handler. This is a thin wrapper around either | |
114 | <tt class="cfunction">sigaction()</tt> or <tt class="cfunction">signal()</tt>. Do not call those | |
115 | functions directly! <tt class="ctype">PyOS_sighandler_t</tt> is a typedef alias | |
116 | for <tt class="ctype">void (*)(int)</tt>. | |
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