python.mkdir Namespace Reference

Functions
def	main
def	help
def	mkdir
def	existdir

Variables
tuple	Ifdh = ifdh.ifdh()
tuple	rc = main(sys.argv)

Function Documentation

def python.mkdir.existdir	(		dir,
			verbose
	)

Definition at line 161 of file mkdir.py.

def existdir(dir, verbose):

    # Remove trailing '/' character(s), if any (except if or until entire path is '/').

    while len(dir) > 1 and dir[-1] == '/':
        dir = dir[:-1]

    # If at this point, the directory path has been reduced to just '/', return True.

    if dir == '/':
        return True

    # Check contents of parent directory (if any).
    # If ifdh ls for the parent directory fails, return false.
    # Note that ifdh may print out various alarming but harmless
    # message at this point.

    parent = os.path.dirname(dir)
    base = os.path.basename(dir)
    contents = []
    try:
        contents = Ifdh.ls(parent, 1)
    except:
        contents = []

    # Loop over parent directory contents.
    # Only compare the base part of the path, since the mountpoint may differ.

    for content in contents:

        # Is this a directory (ifdh signals by adding '/' at end)?

        if len(content) > 1 and content[-1] == '/':

            # Does base match?

            if os.path.basename(content[:-1]) == base:
                return True

    # If we fall out of the loopp, that means we didn't find this directory 
    # in the parent directory.

    return False

# Command line.