13. File Formats

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

• 13.1. csv — CSV File Reading and Writing
  • 13.1.1. Module Contents
  • 13.1.2. Dialects and Formatting Parameters
  • 13.1.3. Reader Objects
  • 13.1.4. Writer Objects
  • 13.1.5. Examples
• 13.2. ConfigParser — Configuration file parser
  • 13.2.1. RawConfigParser Objects
  • 13.2.2. ConfigParser Objects
  • 13.2.3. SafeConfigParser Objects
  • 13.2.4. Examples
• 13.3. robotparser — Parser for robots.txt
• 13.4. netrc — netrc file processing
  • 13.4.1. netrc Objects
• 13.5. xdrlib — Encode and decode XDR data
  • 13.5.1. Packer Objects
  • 13.5.2. Unpacker Objects
  • 13.5.3. Exceptions
• 13.6. plistlib — Generate and parse Mac OS X .plist files
  • 13.6.1. Examples