:mod:`msvcrt` --- Useful routines from the MS VC++ runtime
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.. module:: msvcrt
:platform: Windows
:synopsis: Miscellaneous useful routines from the MS VC++ runtime.
.. sectionauthor:: Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org>
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These functions provide access to some useful capabilities on Windows platforms.
Some higher-level modules use these functions to build the Windows
implementations of their services. For example, the :mod:`getpass` module uses
this in the implementation of the :func:`getpass` function.
Further documentation on these functions can be found in the Platform API
documentation.
The module implements both the normal and wide char variants of the console I/O
api. The normal API deals only with ASCII characters and is of limited use
for internationalized applications. The wide char API should be used where
ever possible.
.. versionchanged:: 3.3
Operations in this module now raise :exc:`OSError` where :exc:`IOError`
was raised.
.. _msvcrt-files:
File Operations
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.. function:: locking(fd, mode, nbytes)
Lock part of a file based on file descriptor *fd* from the C runtime. Raises
:exc:`OSError` on failure. The locked region of the file extends from the
current file position for *nbytes* bytes, and may continue beyond the end of the
file. *mode* must be one of the :const:`LK_\*` constants listed below. Multiple
regions in a file may be locked at the same time, but may not overlap. Adjacent
regions are not merged; they must be unlocked individually.
.. audit-event:: msvcrt.locking fd,mode,nbytes msvcrt.locking
.. data:: LK_LOCK
LK_RLCK
Locks the specified bytes. If the bytes cannot be locked, the program
immediately tries again after 1 second. If, after 10 attempts, the bytes cannot
be locked, :exc:`OSError` is raised.
.. data:: LK_NBLCK
LK_NBRLCK
Locks the specified bytes. If the bytes cannot be locked, :exc:`OSError` is
raised.
.. data:: LK_UNLCK
Unlocks the specified bytes, which must have been previously locked.
.. function:: setmode(fd, flags)
Set the line-end translation mode for the file descriptor *fd*. To set it to
text mode, *flags* should be :const:`os.O_TEXT`; for binary, it should be
:const:`os.O_BINARY`.
.. function:: open_osfhandle(handle, flags)
Create a C runtime file descriptor from the file handle *handle*. The *flags*
parameter should be a bitwise OR of :const:`os.O_APPEND`, :const:`os.O_RDONLY`,
and :const:`os.O_TEXT`. The returned file descriptor may be used as a parameter
to :func:`os.fdopen` to create a file object.
.. audit-event:: msvcrt.open_osfhandle handle,flags msvcrt.open_osfhandle
.. function:: get_osfhandle(fd)
Return the file handle for the file descriptor *fd*. Raises :exc:`OSError` if
*fd* is not recognized.
.. audit-event:: msvcrt.get_osfhandle fd msvcrt.get_osfhandle
.. _msvcrt-console:
Console I/O
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.. function:: kbhit()
Return ``True`` if a keypress is waiting to be read.
.. function:: getch()
Read a keypress and return the resulting character as a byte string.
Nothing is echoed to the console. This call will block if a keypress
is not already available, but will not wait for :kbd:`Enter` to be
pressed. If the pressed key was a special function key, this will
return ``'\000'`` or ``'\xe0'``; the next call will return the keycode.
The :kbd:`Control-C` keypress cannot be read with this function.
.. function:: getwch()
Wide char variant of :func:`getch`, returning a Unicode value.
.. function:: getche()
Similar to :func:`getch`, but the keypress will be echoed if it represents a
printable character.
.. function:: getwche()
Wide char variant of :func:`getche`, returning a Unicode value.
.. function:: putch(char)
Print the byte string *char* to the console without buffering.
.. function:: putwch(unicode_char)
Wide char variant of :func:`putch`, accepting a Unicode value.
.. function:: ungetch(char)
Cause the byte string *char* to be "pushed back" into the console buffer;
it will be the next character read by :func:`getch` or :func:`getche`.
.. function:: ungetwch(unicode_char)
Wide char variant of :func:`ungetch`, accepting a Unicode value.
.. _msvcrt-other:
Other Functions
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.. function:: heapmin()
Force the :c:func:`malloc` heap to clean itself up and return unused blocks to
the operating system. On failure, this raises :exc:`OSError`.
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