File Formats

File Formats

The modules described in this chapter parse various miscellaneous file formats that aren’t markup languages or are related to e-mail.

• csv — CSV File Reading and Writing
  • Module Contents
  • Dialects and Formatting Parameters
  • Reader Objects
  • Writer Objects
  • Examples

• ConfigParser — Configuration file parser
  • RawConfigParser Objects
  • ConfigParser Objects
  • SafeConfigParser Objects
  • Examples

• robotparser — Parser for robots.txt

• netrc — netrc file processing
  • netrc Objects

• xdrlib — Encode and decode XDR data
  • Packer Objects
  • Unpacker Objects
  • Exceptions

• plistlib — Generate and parse Mac OS X .plist files
  • Examples