str.startswith(prefix[, start[, end]]) Return True if string starts with the prefix, otherwise return False. prefix can also be a tuple of prefixes to look for. With optional start, test string beginning at that position. With optional end, stop comparing string at that position.

dbm.open(file, flag='r', mode=0o666) Open the database file file and return a corresponding object. If the database file already exists, the whichdb() function is used to determine its type and the appropriate module is used; if it does not exist, the first module listed above that can be imported is used. The optional flag argument can be: Value Meaning 'r' Open existing database for reading only (default) 'w' Open existing database for reading and writing 'c' Open database for reading and

resume_reading() Resume the receiving end. The protocol’s data_received() method will be called once again if some data is available for reading.

window.untouchwin() Mark all lines in the window as unchanged since the last call to refresh().

exception xdrlib.ConversionError Class derived from Error. Contains no additional instance variables.

Packer.pack_fstring(n, s) Packs a fixed length string, s. n is the length of the string but it is not packed into the data buffer. The string is padded with null bytes if necessary to guaranteed 4 byte alignment.

argrepr human readable description of operation argument

getint(section, option, *, raw=False, vars=None[, fallback]) A convenience method which coerces the option in the specified section to an integer. See get() for explanation of raw, vars and fallback.

clear_traps() Resets all of the traps to 0. New in version 3.3.

Telnet.close() Close the connection.