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sys – System-specific Configuration¶

Purpose:	Provides system-specific configuration and operations.
Available In:	1.4 and later

The sys module includes a collection of services for probing or changing the configuration of the interpreter at runtime and resources for interacting with the operating environment outside of the current program.