bw2data.filesystem

Module Contents

Functions

check_dir(directory)	Returns True if given path is a directory and writeable, False otherwise.
create_dir(dirpath)	Create directory tree to dirpath; ignore if already exists
md5(filepath[, blocksize])	Generate MD5 hash for file at filepath
safe_filename(string[, add_hash])	Convert arbitrary strings to make them safe for filenames. Substitutes strange characters, and uses unicode normalization.

Attributes

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bw2data.filesystem.check_dir(directory)

Returns True if given path is a directory and writeable, False otherwise.

bw2data.filesystem.create_dir(dirpath)

Create directory tree to dirpath; ignore if already exists

bw2data.filesystem.md5(filepath, blocksize=65536)

Generate MD5 hash for file at filepath

bw2data.filesystem.safe_filename(string, add_hash=True)

Convert arbitrary strings to make them safe for filenames. Substitutes strange characters, and uses unicode normalization.

if add_hash, appends hash of string to avoid name collisions.

From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/295135/turn-a-string-into-a-valid-filename-in-python

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