# Module 'path' -- common operations on POSIX pathnames import posix import stat # Join two pathnames. # Insert a '/' unless the first part is empty or already ends in '/'. # Ignore the first part altogether if the second part is absolute # (begins with '/'). # def join(a, b): if b[:1] == '/': return b if a == '' or a[-1:] == '/': return a + b # Note: join('x', '') returns 'x/'; is this what we want? return a + '/' + b cat = join # For compatibility # Split a path in head (empty or ending in '/') and tail (no '/'). # The tail will be empty if the path ends in '/'. # It is always true that head+tail = p. # def split(p): head, tail = '', '' for c in p: tail = tail + c if c == '/': head, tail = head + tail, '' return head, tail # Split a path in root and extension. # The extension is everything starting at the first dot in the last # pathname component; the root is everything before that. # It is always true that root+ext = p. # def splitext(p): root, ext = '', '' for c in p: if c == '/': root, ext = root + ext + c, '' elif c == '.' or ext: ext = ext + c else: root = root + c return root, ext # Return the tail (basename) part of a path. # def basename(p): return split(p)[1] # Return the longest prefix of all list elements. # def commonprefix(m): if not m: return '' prefix = m[0] for item in m: for i in range(len(prefix)): if prefix[:i+1] <> item[:i+1]: prefix = prefix[:i] if i == 0: return '' break return prefix # Does a file/directory exist? # def exists(path): try: st = posix.stat(path) except posix.error: return 0 return 1 # Is a path a posix directory? # def isdir(path): try: st = posix.stat(path) except posix.error: return 0 return stat.S_ISDIR(st[stat.ST_MODE]) # Is a path a symbolic link? # This will always return false on systems where posix.lstat doesn't exist. # def islink(path): try: st = posix.lstat(path) except (posix.error, AttributeError): return 0 return stat.S_ISLNK(st[stat.ST_MODE]) # Are two filenames really pointing to the same file? # def samefile(f1, f2): s1 = posix.stat(f1) s2 = posix.stat(f2) return samestat(s1, s2) # Are two open files really referencing the same file? # (Not necessarily the same file descriptor!) # XXX Oops, posix.fstat() doesn't exist yet! # def sameopenfile(fp1, fp2): s1 = posix.fstat(fp1) s2 = posix.fstat(fp2) return samestat(s1, s2) # Are two stat buffers (obtained from stat, fstat or lstat) # describing the same file? # def samestat(s1, s2): return s1[stat.ST_INO] == s2[stat.ST_INO] and \ s1[stat.ST_DEV] == s2[stat.STD_DEV] # Subroutine and global data used by ismount(). _mounts = [] def _getmounts(): import commands, string mounts = [] data = commands.getoutput('/etc/mount') lines = string.splitfields(data, '\n') for line in lines: words = string.split(line) if len(words) >= 3 and words[1] == 'on': mounts.append(words[2]) return mounts # Is a path a mount point? # This only works for normalized, absolute paths, # and only if the mount table as printed by /etc/mount is correct. # Sorry. # def ismount(path): if not _mounts: _mounts[:] = _getmounts() return path in _mounts # Directory tree walk. # For each directory under top (including top itself), # func(arg, dirname, filenames) is called, where dirname # is the name of the directory and filenames is the list of # files (and subdirectories etc.) in the directory. # func may modify the filenames list, to implement a filter, # or to impose a different order of visiting. # def walk(top, func, arg): try: names = posix.listdir(top) except posix.error: return func(arg, top, names) exceptions = ('.', '..') for name in names: if name not in exceptions: name = join(top, name) if isdir(name): walk(name, func, arg)