"""
File system tools
"""
import os
__all__ = ['ensure_directory', 'ensure_directory_of_file', 'in_directory',
'copy_directory']
[docs]def ensure_directory_of_file(f):
"""
Ensures that a directory exists for filename to go in (creates if
necessary), and returns the directory path.
"""
d = os.path.dirname(f)
if not os.path.exists(d):
os.makedirs(d)
return d
[docs]def ensure_directory(d):
"""
Ensures that a given directory exists (creates it if necessary)
"""
if not os.path.exists(d):
os.makedirs(d)
return d
[docs]class in_directory(object):
"""
Safely temporarily work in a subdirectory
Usage::
with in_directory(directory):
... do stuff here
Guarantees that the code in the with block will be executed in directory,
and that after the block is completed we return to the original directory.
"""
def __init__(self, new_dir):
self.orig_dir = os.getcwd()
self.new_dir = new_dir
def __enter__(self):
os.chdir(self.new_dir)
def __exit__(self,*exc_info):
os.chdir(self.orig_dir)
[docs]def copy_directory(source, target):
"""
Copies directory source to target.
"""
relnames = []
sourcebase = os.path.normpath(source)+os.path.sep
for root, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(source):
for filename in filenames:
fullname = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(root, filename))
relname = fullname.replace(sourcebase, '')
relnames.append(relname)
tgtname = os.path.join(target, relname)
ensure_directory_of_file(tgtname)
with open(fullname) as f:
contents = f.read()
if os.path.exists(tgtname):
with open(tgtname) as f:
if f.read() == contents:
continue
with open(tgtname, 'w') as f:
f.write(contents)
return relnames