#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# © Copyright 2021-2022, Scott Gasch
+
"""Utilities for working with files."""
+import contextlib
import datetime
import errno
+import glob
+import hashlib
import logging
import os
+import pathlib
+import re
import time
-from typing import Optional
-import glob
-from os.path import isfile, join, exists
+from os.path import exists, isfile, join
+from typing import Callable, List, Literal, Optional, TextIO
+from uuid import uuid4
-import datetime_utils
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+def remove_newlines(x: str) -> str:
+ """Trivial function to be used as a line_transformer in
+ :meth:`slurp_file` for no newlines in file contents"""
+ return x.replace('\n', '')
+
+
+def strip_whitespace(x: str) -> str:
+ """Trivial function to be used as a line_transformer in
+ :meth:`slurp_file` for no leading / trailing whitespace in
+ file contents"""
+ return x.strip()
+
+
+def remove_hash_comments(x: str) -> str:
+ """Trivial function to be used as a line_transformer in
+ :meth:`slurp_file` for no # comments in file contents"""
+ return re.sub(r'#.*$', '', x)
+
+
+def slurp_file(
+ filename: str,
+ *,
+ skip_blank_lines=False,
+ line_transformers: Optional[List[Callable[[str], str]]] = None,
+):
+ """Reads in a file's contents line-by-line to a memory buffer applying
+ each line transformation in turn.
+
+ Args:
+ filename: file to be read
+ skip_blank_lines: should reading skip blank lines?
+ line_transformers: little string->string transformations
+ """
+
+ ret = []
+ xforms = []
+ if line_transformers is not None:
+ for x in line_transformers:
+ xforms.append(x)
+ if not file_is_readable(filename):
+ raise Exception(f'{filename} can\'t be read.')
+ with open(filename) as rf:
+ for line in rf:
+ for transformation in xforms:
+ line = transformation(line)
+ if skip_blank_lines and line == '':
+ continue
+ ret.append(line)
+ return ret
+
+
+def remove(path: str) -> None:
+ """Deletes a file. Raises if path refers to a directory or a file
+ that doesn't exist.
+
+ Args:
+ path: the path of the file to delete
+
+ >>> import os
+ >>> filename = '/tmp/file_utils_test_file'
+ >>> os.system(f'touch {filename}')
+ 0
+ >>> does_file_exist(filename)
+ True
+ >>> remove(filename)
+ >>> does_file_exist(filename)
+ False
+ """
+ os.remove(path)
+
+
+def fix_multiple_slashes(path: str) -> str:
+ """Fixes multi-slashes in paths or path-like strings
+
+ Args:
+ path: the path in which to remove multiple slashes
+
+ >>> p = '/usr/local//etc/rc.d///file.txt'
+ >>> fix_multiple_slashes(p)
+ '/usr/local/etc/rc.d/file.txt'
+
+ >>> p = 'this is a test'
+ >>> fix_multiple_slashes(p) == p
+ True
+ """
+ return re.sub(r'/+', '/', path)
+
+
+def delete(path: str) -> None:
+ """This is a convenience for my dumb ass who can't remember os.remove
+ sometimes.
+ """
+ os.remove(path)
+
+
+def without_extension(path: str) -> str:
+ """Remove one (the last) extension from a file or path.
+
+ Args:
+ path: the path from which to remove an extension
+
+ Returns:
+ the path with one extension removed.
+
+ >>> without_extension('foobar.txt')
+ 'foobar'
+
+ >>> without_extension('/home/scott/frapp.py')
+ '/home/scott/frapp'
+
+ >>> f = 'a.b.c.tar.gz'
+ >>> while('.' in f):
+ ... f = without_extension(f)
+ ... print(f)
+ a.b.c.tar
+ a.b.c
+ a.b
+ a
+
+ >>> without_extension('foobar')
+ 'foobar'
+
+ """
+ return os.path.splitext(path)[0]
+
+
+def without_all_extensions(path: str) -> str:
+ """Removes all extensions from a path; handles multiple extensions
+ like foobar.tar.gz -> foobar.
+
+ Args:
+ path: the path from which to remove all extensions
+
+ Returns:
+ the path with all extensions removed.
+
+ >>> without_all_extensions('/home/scott/foobar.1.tar.gz')
+ '/home/scott/foobar'
+
+ """
+ while '.' in path:
+ path = without_extension(path)
+ return path
+
+
+def get_extension(path: str) -> str:
+ """Extract and return one (the last) extension from a file or path.
+
+ Args:
+ path: the path from which to extract an extension
+
+ Returns:
+ The last extension from the file path.
+
+ >>> get_extension('this_is_a_test.txt')
+ '.txt'
+
+ >>> get_extension('/home/scott/test.py')
+ '.py'
+
+ >>> get_extension('foobar')
+ ''
+
+ """
+ return os.path.splitext(path)[1]
+
+
+def get_all_extensions(path: str) -> List[str]:
+ """Return the extensions of a file or path in order.
+
+ Args:
+ path: the path from which to extract all extensions.
+
+ Returns:
+ a list containing each extension which may be empty.
+
+ >>> get_all_extensions('/home/scott/foo.tar.gz.1')
+ ['.tar', '.gz', '.1']
+
+ >>> get_all_extensions('/home/scott/foobar')
+ []
+
+ """
+ ret = []
+ while True:
+ ext = get_extension(path)
+ path = without_extension(path)
+ if ext:
+ ret.append(ext)
+ else:
+ ret.reverse()
+ return ret
+
+
+def without_path(filespec: str) -> str:
+ """Returns the base filename without any leading path.
+
+ Args:
+ filespec: path to remove leading directories from
+
+ Returns:
+ filespec without leading dir components.
+
+ >>> without_path('/home/scott/foo.py')
+ 'foo.py'
+
+ >>> without_path('foo.py')
+ 'foo.py'
+
+ """
+ return os.path.split(filespec)[1]
+
+
+def get_path(filespec: str) -> str:
+ """Returns just the path of the filespec by removing the filename and
+ extension.
+
+ Args:
+ filespec: path to remove filename / extension(s) from
+
+ Returns:
+ filespec with just the leading directory components and no
+ filename or extension(s)
+
+ >>> get_path('/home/scott/foobar.py')
+ '/home/scott'
+
+ >>> get_path('/home/scott/test.1.2.3.gz')
+ '/home/scott'
+
+ >>> get_path('~scott/frapp.txt')
+ '~scott'
+
+ """
+ return os.path.split(filespec)[0]
+
+def get_canonical_path(filespec: str) -> str:
+ """Returns a canonicalized absolute path.
+
+ Args:
+ filespec: the path to canonicalize
+
+ Returns:
+ the canonicalized path
+
+ >>> get_canonical_path('/home/scott/../../home/lynn/../scott/foo.txt')
+ '/usr/home/scott/foo.txt'
-def create_path_if_not_exist(path, on_error=None):
"""
- Attempts to create path if it does not exist. If on_error is
- specified, it is called with an exception if one occurs, otherwise
- exception is rethrown.
+ return os.path.realpath(filespec)
+
+
+def create_path_if_not_exist(path, on_error=None) -> None:
+ """
+ Attempts to create path if it does not exist already.
+
+ .. warning::
+
+ Files are created with mode 0x0777 (i.e. world read/writeable).
+
+ Args:
+ path: the path to attempt to create
+ on_error: If True, it's invoked on error conditions. Otherwise
+ any exceptions are raised.
>>> import uuid
>>> import os
>>> os.path.exists(path)
True
"""
- logger.debug(f"Creating path {path}")
+ logger.debug("Creating path %s", path)
previous_umask = os.umask(0)
try:
os.makedirs(path)
def does_file_exist(filename: str) -> bool:
- return os.path.exists(filename)
+ """Returns True if a file exists and is a normal file.
+
+ Args:
+ filename: filename to check
+
+ Returns:
+ True if filename exists and is a normal file.
+
+ >>> does_file_exist(__file__)
+ True
+ >>> does_file_exist('/tmp/2492043r9203r9230r9230r49230r42390r4230')
+ False
+ """
+ return os.path.exists(filename) and os.path.isfile(filename)
+
+
+def file_is_readable(filename: str) -> bool:
+ """True if file exists, is a normal file and is readable by the
+ current process. False otherwise.
+
+ Args:
+ filename: the filename to check for read access
+ """
+ return does_file_exist(filename) and os.access(filename, os.R_OK)
+
+
+def file_is_writable(filename: str) -> bool:
+ """True if file exists, is a normal file and is writable by the
+ current process. False otherwise.
+
+ Args:
+ filename: the file to check for write access.
+ """
+ return does_file_exist(filename) and os.access(filename, os.W_OK)
+
+
+def file_is_executable(filename: str) -> bool:
+ """True if file exists, is a normal file and is executable by the
+ current process. False otherwise.
+
+ Args:
+ filename: the file to check for execute access.
+ """
+ return does_file_exist(filename) and os.access(filename, os.X_OK)
+
+
+def does_directory_exist(dirname: str) -> bool:
+ """Returns True if a file exists and is a directory.
+
+ >>> does_directory_exist('/tmp')
+ True
+ >>> does_directory_exist('/xyzq/21341')
+ False
+ """
+ return os.path.exists(dirname) and os.path.isdir(dirname)
+
+
+def does_path_exist(pathname: str) -> bool:
+ """Just a more verbose wrapper around os.path.exists."""
+ return os.path.exists(pathname)
+
+
+def get_file_size(filename: str) -> int:
+ """Returns the size of a file in bytes.
+
+ Args:
+ filename: the filename to size
+
+ Returns:
+ size of filename in bytes
+ """
+ return os.path.getsize(filename)
+
+
+def is_normal_file(filename: str) -> bool:
+ """Returns True if filename is a normal file.
+
+ >>> is_normal_file(__file__)
+ True
+ """
+ return os.path.isfile(filename)
+
+
+def is_directory(filename: str) -> bool:
+ """Returns True if filename is a directory.
+
+ >>> is_directory('/tmp')
+ True
+ """
+ return os.path.isdir(filename)
+
+
+def is_symlink(filename: str) -> bool:
+ """True if filename is a symlink, False otherwise.
+
+ >>> is_symlink('/tmp')
+ False
+
+ >>> is_symlink('/home')
+ True
+
+ """
+ return os.path.islink(filename)
+
+
+def is_same_file(file1: str, file2: str) -> bool:
+ """Returns True if the two files are the same inode.
+
+ >>> is_same_file('/tmp', '/tmp/../tmp')
+ True
+
+ >>> is_same_file('/tmp', '/home')
+ False
+
+ """
+ return os.path.samefile(file1, file2)
def get_file_raw_timestamps(filename: str) -> Optional[os.stat_result]:
+ """Stats the file and returns an os.stat_result or None on error.
+
+ Args:
+ filename: the file whose timestamps to fetch
+
+ Returns:
+ the os.stat_result or None to indicate an error occurred
+ """
try:
return os.stat(filename)
except Exception as e:
return None
-def get_file_raw_timestamp(filename: str, extractor) -> Optional[float]:
+def get_file_raw_timestamp(
+ filename: str, extractor: Callable[[os.stat_result], Optional[float]]
+) -> Optional[float]:
+ """Stat a file and, if successful, use extractor to fetch some
+ subset of the information in the os.stat_result. See also
+ :meth:`get_file_raw_atime`, :meth:`get_file_raw_mtime`, and
+ :meth:`get_file_raw_ctime` which just call this with a lambda
+ extractor.
+
+ Args:
+ filename: the filename to stat
+ extractor: Callable that takes a os.stat_result and produces
+ something useful(?) with it.
+
+ Returns:
+ whatever the extractor produced or None on error.
+ """
tss = get_file_raw_timestamps(filename)
if tss is not None:
return extractor(tss)
def get_file_raw_atime(filename: str) -> Optional[float]:
+ """Get a file's raw access time or None on error.
+
+ See also :meth:`get_file_atime_as_datetime`,
+ :meth:`get_file_atime_timedelta`,
+ and :meth:`get_file_atime_age_seconds`.
+ """
return get_file_raw_timestamp(filename, lambda x: x.st_atime)
def get_file_raw_mtime(filename: str) -> Optional[float]:
+ """Get a file's raw modification time or None on error.
+
+ See also :meth:`get_file_mtime_as_datetime`,
+ :meth:`get_file_mtime_timedelta`,
+ and :meth:`get_file_mtime_age_seconds`.
+ """
return get_file_raw_timestamp(filename, lambda x: x.st_mtime)
def get_file_raw_ctime(filename: str) -> Optional[float]:
+ """Get a file's raw creation time or None on error.
+
+ See also :meth:`get_file_ctime_as_datetime`,
+ :meth:`get_file_ctime_timedelta`,
+ and :meth:`get_file_ctime_age_seconds`.
+ """
return get_file_raw_timestamp(filename, lambda x: x.st_ctime)
-def convert_file_timestamp_to_datetime(
- filename: str, producer
-) -> Optional[datetime.datetime]:
+def get_file_md5(filename: str) -> str:
+ """Hashes filename's disk contents and returns the MD5 digest.
+
+ Args:
+ filename: the file whose contents to hash
+
+ Returns:
+ the MD5 digest of the file's contents. Raises on errors.
+ """
+ file_hash = hashlib.md5()
+ with open(filename, "rb") as f:
+ chunk = f.read(8192)
+ while chunk:
+ file_hash.update(chunk)
+ chunk = f.read(8192)
+ return file_hash.hexdigest()
+
+
+def set_file_raw_atime(filename: str, atime: float):
+ """Sets a file's raw access time.
+
+ See also :meth:`get_file_atime_as_datetime`,
+ :meth:`get_file_atime_timedelta`,
+ :meth:`get_file_atime_age_seconds`,
+ and :meth:`get_file_raw_atime`.
+ """
+ mtime = get_file_raw_mtime(filename)
+ assert mtime is not None
+ os.utime(filename, (atime, mtime))
+
+
+def set_file_raw_mtime(filename: str, mtime: float):
+ """Sets a file's raw modification time.
+
+ See also :meth:`get_file_mtime_as_datetime`,
+ :meth:`get_file_mtime_timedelta`,
+ :meth:`get_file_mtime_age_seconds`,
+ and :meth:`get_file_raw_mtime`.
+ """
+ atime = get_file_raw_atime(filename)
+ assert atime is not None
+ os.utime(filename, (atime, mtime))
+
+
+def set_file_raw_atime_and_mtime(filename: str, ts: float = None):
+ """Sets both a file's raw modification and access times
+
+ Args:
+ filename: the file whose times to set
+ ts: the raw time to set or None to indicate time should be
+ set to the current time.
+ """
+ if ts is not None:
+ os.utime(filename, (ts, ts))
+ else:
+ os.utime(filename, None)
+
+
+def convert_file_timestamp_to_datetime(filename: str, producer) -> Optional[datetime.datetime]:
+ """Convert a raw file timestamp into a python datetime."""
ts = producer(filename)
if ts is not None:
return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(ts)
def get_file_atime_as_datetime(filename: str) -> Optional[datetime.datetime]:
+ """Fetch a file's access time as a python datetime.
+
+ See also :meth:`get_file_atime_as_datetime`,
+ :meth:`get_file_atime_timedelta`,
+ :meth:`get_file_atime_age_seconds`,
+ :meth:`describe_file_atime`,
+ and :meth:`get_file_raw_atime`.
+ """
return convert_file_timestamp_to_datetime(filename, get_file_raw_atime)
def get_file_mtime_as_datetime(filename: str) -> Optional[datetime.datetime]:
+ """Fetches a file's modification time as a python datetime.
+
+ See also :meth:`get_file_mtime_as_datetime`,
+ :meth:`get_file_mtime_timedelta`,
+ :meth:`get_file_mtime_age_seconds`,
+ and :meth:`get_file_raw_mtime`.
+ """
return convert_file_timestamp_to_datetime(filename, get_file_raw_mtime)
def get_file_ctime_as_datetime(filename: str) -> Optional[datetime.datetime]:
+ """Fetches a file's creation time as a python datetime.
+
+ See also :meth:`get_file_ctime_as_datetime`,
+ :meth:`get_file_ctime_timedelta`,
+ :meth:`get_file_ctime_age_seconds`,
+ and :meth:`get_file_raw_ctime`.
+ """
return convert_file_timestamp_to_datetime(filename, get_file_raw_ctime)
def get_file_timestamp_age_seconds(filename: str, extractor) -> Optional[int]:
+ """~Internal helper"""
now = time.time()
ts = get_file_raw_timestamps(filename)
if ts is None:
def get_file_atime_age_seconds(filename: str) -> Optional[int]:
+ """Gets a file's access time as an age in seconds (ago).
+
+ See also :meth:`get_file_atime_as_datetime`,
+ :meth:`get_file_atime_timedelta`,
+ :meth:`get_file_atime_age_seconds`,
+ :meth:`describe_file_atime`,
+ and :meth:`get_file_raw_atime`.
+ """
return get_file_timestamp_age_seconds(filename, lambda x: x.st_atime)
def get_file_ctime_age_seconds(filename: str) -> Optional[int]:
+ """Gets a file's creation time as an age in seconds (ago).
+
+ See also :meth:`get_file_ctime_as_datetime`,
+ :meth:`get_file_ctime_timedelta`,
+ :meth:`get_file_ctime_age_seconds`,
+ and :meth:`get_file_raw_ctime`.
+ """
return get_file_timestamp_age_seconds(filename, lambda x: x.st_ctime)
def get_file_mtime_age_seconds(filename: str) -> Optional[int]:
+ """Gets a file's modification time as seconds (ago).
+
+ See also :meth:`get_file_mtime_as_datetime`,
+ :meth:`get_file_mtime_timedelta`,
+ :meth:`get_file_mtime_age_seconds`,
+ and :meth:`get_file_raw_mtime`.
+ """
return get_file_timestamp_age_seconds(filename, lambda x: x.st_mtime)
-def get_file_timestamp_timedelta(
- filename: str, extractor
-) -> Optional[datetime.timedelta]:
+def get_file_timestamp_timedelta(filename: str, extractor) -> Optional[datetime.timedelta]:
+ """~Internal helper"""
age = get_file_timestamp_age_seconds(filename, extractor)
if age is not None:
return datetime.timedelta(seconds=float(age))
def get_file_atime_timedelta(filename: str) -> Optional[datetime.timedelta]:
+ """How long ago was a file accessed as a timedelta?
+
+ See also :meth:`get_file_atime_as_datetime`,
+ :meth:`get_file_atime_timedelta`,
+ :meth:`get_file_atime_age_seconds`,
+ :meth:`describe_file_atime`,
+ and :meth:`get_file_raw_atime`.
+ """
return get_file_timestamp_timedelta(filename, lambda x: x.st_atime)
def get_file_ctime_timedelta(filename: str) -> Optional[datetime.timedelta]:
+ """How long ago was a file created as a timedelta?
+
+ See also :meth:`get_file_ctime_as_datetime`,
+ :meth:`get_file_ctime_timedelta`,
+ :meth:`get_file_ctime_age_seconds`,
+ and :meth:`get_file_raw_ctime`.
+ """
return get_file_timestamp_timedelta(filename, lambda x: x.st_ctime)
def get_file_mtime_timedelta(filename: str) -> Optional[datetime.timedelta]:
+ """
+ Gets a file's modification time as a python timedelta.
+
+ See also :meth:`get_file_mtime_as_datetime`,
+ :meth:`get_file_mtime_timedelta`,
+ :meth:`get_file_mtime_age_seconds`,
+ and :meth:`get_file_raw_mtime`.
+ """
return get_file_timestamp_timedelta(filename, lambda x: x.st_mtime)
-def describe_file_timestamp(
- filename: str, extractor, *, brief=False
-) -> Optional[str]:
+def describe_file_timestamp(filename: str, extractor, *, brief=False) -> Optional[str]:
+ """~Internal helper"""
+ from datetime_utils import describe_duration, describe_duration_briefly
+
age = get_file_timestamp_age_seconds(filename, extractor)
if age is None:
return None
if brief:
- return datetime_utils.describe_duration_briefly(age)
+ return describe_duration_briefly(age)
else:
- return datetime_utils.describe_duration(age)
+ return describe_duration(age)
def describe_file_atime(filename: str, *, brief=False) -> Optional[str]:
+ """
+ Describe how long ago a file was accessed.
+
+ See also :meth:`get_file_atime_as_datetime`,
+ :meth:`get_file_atime_timedelta`,
+ :meth:`get_file_atime_age_seconds`,
+ :meth:`describe_file_atime`,
+ and :meth:`get_file_raw_atime`.
+ """
return describe_file_timestamp(filename, lambda x: x.st_atime, brief=brief)
def describe_file_ctime(filename: str, *, brief=False) -> Optional[str]:
+ """Describes a file's creation time.
+
+ See also :meth:`get_file_ctime_as_datetime`,
+ :meth:`get_file_ctime_timedelta`,
+ :meth:`get_file_ctime_age_seconds`,
+ and :meth:`get_file_raw_ctime`.
+ """
return describe_file_timestamp(filename, lambda x: x.st_ctime, brief=brief)
def describe_file_mtime(filename: str, *, brief=False) -> Optional[str]:
+ """
+ Describes how long ago a file was modified.
+
+ See also :meth:`get_file_mtime_as_datetime`,
+ :meth:`get_file_mtime_timedelta`,
+ :meth:`get_file_mtime_age_seconds`,
+ and :meth:`get_file_raw_mtime`.
+ """
return describe_file_timestamp(filename, lambda x: x.st_mtime, brief=brief)
+def touch_file(filename: str, *, mode: Optional[int] = 0o666):
+ """Like unix "touch" command's semantics: update the timestamp
+ of a file to the current time if the file exists. Create the
+ file if it doesn't exist.
+
+ Args:
+ filename: the filename
+ mode: the mode to create the file with
+ """
+ pathlib.Path(filename, mode=mode).touch()
+
+
def expand_globs(in_filename: str):
+ """Expands shell globs (* and ? wildcards) to the matching files."""
for filename in glob.glob(in_filename):
yield filename
def get_files(directory: str):
+ """Returns the files in a directory as a generator."""
for filename in os.listdir(directory):
full_path = join(directory, filename)
if isfile(full_path) and exists(full_path):
def get_directories(directory: str):
+ """Returns the subdirectories in a directory as a generator."""
for d in os.listdir(directory):
full_path = join(directory, d)
if not isfile(full_path) and exists(full_path):
def get_files_recursive(directory: str):
+ """Find the files and directories under a root recursively."""
for filename in get_files(directory):
yield filename
for subdir in get_directories(directory):
- for filename in get_files_recursive(subdir):
- yield filename
+ for file_or_directory in get_files_recursive(subdir):
+ yield file_or_directory
+
+
+class FileWriter(contextlib.AbstractContextManager):
+ """A helper that writes a file to a temporary location and then moves
+ it atomically to its ultimate destination on close.
+ """
+
+ def __init__(self, filename: str) -> None:
+ self.filename = filename
+ uuid = uuid4()
+ self.tempfile = f'{filename}-{uuid}.tmp'
+ self.handle: Optional[TextIO] = None
+
+ def __enter__(self) -> TextIO:
+ assert not does_path_exist(self.tempfile)
+ self.handle = open(self.tempfile, mode="w")
+ return self.handle
+
+ def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb) -> Literal[False]:
+ if self.handle is not None:
+ self.handle.close()
+ cmd = f'/bin/mv -f {self.tempfile} {self.filename}'
+ ret = os.system(cmd)
+ if (ret >> 8) != 0:
+ raise Exception(f'{cmd} failed, exit value {ret>>8}!')
+ return False
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ import doctest
+
+ doctest.testmod()