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NAME
    sys

FILE
    (built-in)

MODULE DOCS
    http://docs.python.org/library/sys

DESCRIPTION
    This module provides access to some objects used or maintained by the
    interpreter and to functions that interact strongly with the interpreter.
    
    Dynamic objects:
    
    argv -- command line arguments; argv[0] is the script pathname if known
    path -- module search path; path[0] is the script directory, else ''
    modules -- dictionary of loaded modules
    
    displayhook -- called to show results in an interactive session
    excepthook -- called to handle any uncaught exception other than SystemExit
      To customize printing in an interactive session or to install a custom
      top-level exception handler, assign other functions to replace these.
    
    exitfunc -- if sys.exitfunc exists, this routine is called when Python exits
      Assigning to sys.exitfunc is deprecated; use the atexit module instead.
    
    stdin -- standard input file object; used by raw_input() and input()
    stdout -- standard output file object; used by the print statement
    stderr -- standard error object; used for error messages
      By assigning other file objects (or objects that behave like files)
      to these, it is possible to redirect all of the interpreter's I/O.
    
    last_type -- type of last uncaught exception
    last_value -- value of last uncaught exception
    last_traceback -- traceback of last uncaught exception
      These three are only available in an interactive session after a
      traceback has been printed.
    
    exc_type -- type of exception currently being handled
    exc_value -- value of exception currently being handled
    exc_traceback -- traceback of exception currently being handled
      The function exc_info() should be used instead of these three,
      because it is thread-safe.
    
    Static objects:
    
    float_info -- a dict with information about the float inplementation.
    long_info -- a struct sequence with information about the long implementation.
    maxint -- the largest supported integer (the smallest is -maxint-1)
    maxsize -- the largest supported length of containers.
    maxunicode -- the largest supported character
    builtin_module_names -- tuple of module names built into this interpreter
    version -- the version of this interpreter as a string
    version_info -- version information as a named tuple
    hexversion -- version information encoded as a single integer
    copyright -- copyright notice pertaining to this interpreter
    platform -- platform identifier
    executable -- absolute path of the executable binary of the Python interpreter
    prefix -- prefix used to find the Python library
    exec_prefix -- prefix used to find the machine-specific Python library
    float_repr_style -- string indicating the style of repr() output for floats
    __stdin__ -- the original stdin; don't touch!
    __stdout__ -- the original stdout; don't touch!
    __stderr__ -- the original stderr; don't touch!
    __displayhook__ -- the original displayhook; don't touch!
    __excepthook__ -- the original excepthook; don't touch!
    
    Functions:
    
    displayhook() -- print an object to the screen, and save it in __builtin__._
    excepthook() -- print an exception and its traceback to sys.stderr
    exc_info() -- return thread-safe information about the current exception
    exc_clear() -- clear the exception state for the current thread
    exit() -- exit the interpreter by raising SystemExit
    getdlopenflags() -- returns flags to be used for dlopen() calls
    getprofile() -- get the global profiling function
    getrefcount() -- return the reference count for an object (plus one :-)
    getrecursionlimit() -- return the max recursion depth for the interpreter
    getsizeof() -- return the size of an object in bytes
    gettrace() -- get the global debug tracing function
    setcheckinterval() -- control how often the interpreter checks for events
    setdlopenflags() -- set the flags to be used for dlopen() calls
    setprofile() -- set the global profiling function
    setrecursionlimit() -- set the max recursion depth for the interpreter
    settrace() -- set the global debug tracing function

FUNCTIONS
    __displayhook__ = displayhook(...)
        displayhook(object) -> None
        
        Print an object to sys.stdout and also save it in __builtin__._
    
    __excepthook__ = excepthook(...)
        excepthook(exctype, value, traceback) -> None
        
        Handle an exception by displaying it with a traceback on sys.stderr.
    
    call_tracing(...)
        call_tracing(func, args) -> object
        
        Call func(*args), while tracing is enabled.  The tracing state is
        saved, and restored afterwards.  This is intended to be called from
        a debugger from a checkpoint, to recursively debug some other code.
    
    callstats(...)
        callstats() -> tuple of integers
        
        Return a tuple of function call statistics, if CALL_PROFILE was defined
        when Python was built.  Otherwise, return None.
        
        When enabled, this function returns detailed, implementation-specific
        details about the number of function calls executed. The return value is
        a 11-tuple where the entries in the tuple are counts of:
        0. all function calls
        1. calls to PyFunction_Type objects
        2. PyFunction calls that do not create an argument tuple
        3. PyFunction calls that do not create an argument tuple
           and bypass PyEval_EvalCodeEx()
        4. PyMethod calls
        5. PyMethod calls on bound methods
        6. PyType calls
        7. PyCFunction calls
        8. generator calls
        9. All other calls
        10. Number of stack pops performed by call_function()
    
    displayhook(...)
        displayhook(object) -> None
        
        Print an object to sys.stdout and also save it in __builtin__._
    
    exc_clear(...)
        exc_clear() -> None
        
        Clear global information on the current exception.  Subsequent calls to
        exc_info() will return (None,None,None) until another exception is raised
        in the current thread or the execution stack returns to a frame where
        another exception is being handled.
    
    exc_info(...)
        exc_info() -> (type, value, traceback)
        
        Return information about the most recent exception caught by an except
        clause in the current stack frame or in an older stack frame.
    
    exit(...)
        exit([status])
        
        Exit the interpreter by raising SystemExit(status).
        If the status is omitted or None, it defaults to zero (i.e., success).
        If the status is numeric, it will be used as the system exit status.
        If it is another kind of object, it will be printed and the system
        exit status will be one (i.e., failure).
    
    getcheckinterval(...)
        getcheckinterval() -> current check interval; see setcheckinterval().
    
    getdefaultencoding(...)
        getdefaultencoding() -> string
        
        Return the current default string encoding used by the Unicode 
        implementation.
    
    getdlopenflags(...)
        getdlopenflags() -> int
        
        Return the current value of the flags that are used for dlopen calls.
        The flag constants are defined in the ctypes and DLFCN modules.
    
    getfilesystemencoding(...)
        getfilesystemencoding() -> string
        
        Return the encoding used to convert Unicode filenames in
        operating system filenames.
    
    getprofile(...)
        getprofile()
        
        Return the profiling function set with sys.setprofile.
        See the profiler chapter in the library manual.
    
    getrecursionlimit(...)
        getrecursionlimit()
        
        Return the current value of the recursion limit, the maximum depth
        of the Python interpreter stack.  This limit prevents infinite
        recursion from causing an overflow of the C stack and crashing Python.
    
    getrefcount(...)
        getrefcount(object) -> integer
        
        Return the reference count of object.  The count returned is generally
        one higher than you might expect, because it includes the (temporary)
        reference as an argument to getrefcount().
    
    getsizeof(...)
        getsizeof(object, default) -> int
        
        Return the size of object in bytes.
    
    gettickeraccumulation(...)
        gettickeraccumulation() -> current count of bytecodes processed by the interpreter.
    
    gettrace(...)
        gettrace()
        
        Return the global debug tracing function set with sys.settrace.
        See the debugger chapter in the library manual.
    
    setcheckinterval(...)
        setcheckinterval(n)
        
        Tell the Python interpreter to check for asynchronous events every
        n instructions.  This also affects how often thread switches occur.
    
    setdlopenflags(...)
        setdlopenflags(n) -> None
        
        Set the flags used by the interpreter for dlopen calls, such as when the
        interpreter loads extension modules.  Among other things, this will enable
        a lazy resolving of symbols when importing a module, if called as
        sys.setdlopenflags(0).  To share symbols across extension modules, call as
        sys.setdlopenflags(ctypes.RTLD_GLOBAL).  Symbolic names for the flag modules
        can be either found in the ctypes module, or in the DLFCN module. If DLFCN
        is not available, it can be generated from /usr/include/dlfcn.h using the
        h2py script.
    
    setprofile(...)
        setprofile(function)
        
        Set the profiling function.  It will be called on each function call
        and return.  See the profiler chapter in the library manual.
    
    setrecursionlimit(...)
        setrecursionlimit(n)
        
        Set the maximum depth of the Python interpreter stack to n.  This
        limit prevents infinite recursion from causing an overflow of the C
        stack and crashing Python.  The highest possible limit is platform-
        dependent.
    
    settrace(...)
        settrace(function)
        
        Set the global debug tracing function.  It will be called on each
        function call.  See the debugger chapter in the library manual.

DATA
    __stderr__ = <open file '<stderr>', mode 'w'>
    __stdin__ = <open file '<stdin>', mode 'r'>
    __stdout__ = <open file '<stdout>', mode 'w'>
    api_version = 1013
    argv = ['libtbx.help', 'sys']
    builtin_module_names = ('__builtin__', '__main__', '_ast', '_codecs', ...
    byteorder = 'little'
    copyright = 'Copyright (c) 2001-2012 Python Software Foundati...ematis...
    dont_write_bytecode = False
    exc_value = TypeError("<module 'sys' (built-in)> is a built-in module"...
    excepthook = <cgitb.Hook instance>
    exec_prefix = '/net/boa/srv/html/cci/cctbx/build/base'
    executable = '/net/boa/srv/html/cci/cctbx/build/base/bin/python'
    flags = sys.flags(debug=0, py3k_warning=0, division_warn...unicode=0, ...
    float_info = sys.float_info(max=1.7976931348623157e+308, max_...epsilo...
    float_repr_style = 'short'
    hexversion = 34014192
    long_info = sys.long_info(bits_per_digit=30, sizeof_digit=4)
    maxint = 9223372036854775807
    maxsize = 9223372036854775807
    maxunicode = 65535
    meta_path = []
    modules = {'UserDict': <module 'UserDict' from '/net/boa/srv/html/cci/...
    path = ['.', '/net/boa/srv/html/cci/cctbx/sources/cctbx/web', '/net/bo...
    path_hooks = [<type 'zipimport.zipimporter'>]
    path_importer_cache = {'/net/boa/srv/html/cci/cctbx/build/../sources':...
    platform = 'linux2'
    prefix = '/net/boa/srv/html/cci/cctbx/build/base'
    py3kwarning = False
    stderr = <open file '<stdout>', mode 'w'>
    stdin = <open file '<stdin>', mode 'r'>
    stdout = <cStringIO.StringO object>
    subversion = ('CPython', '', '')
    version = '2.7.3 (default_cci, Dec 17 2012, 17:37:48) \n[GCC 4.1.1 200...
    version_info = sys.version_info(major=2, minor=7, micro=3, releaseleve...
    warnoptions = []



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