# System-Level Python {.unnumbered}

Use Python to inspect operating-system information and understand long-running Unix-style processes. These chapters are closer to the environment your tools run in: platforms, paths, processes, networking, daemons, signals, and service lifecycle habits. In other words: where is my code, what can it see, and what happens if it keeps running after I close the terminal?

- [Gathering System-Level Information](gathering-system-level-information.qmd)
- [Contacting the UNIX Daemons of Old](contacting-the-unix-daemons-of-old.qmd)