dmit.ostools module

Module for OS relevant functions

dmit.ostools.clean(files)

Removes files from the system. Note that filenames must be given as full paths

Parameters

files (list) – List of files to remove.

dmit.ostools.does_dir_exist(f)

Check if directory exist

Parameters

f (str) – name of directory to check

Returns

state – Whether the directory exist (True) or not exist (False)

Return type

boolean

dmit.ostools.does_file_exist(f)

Check if file exist

Parameters

f (str) – name of file to check

Returns

state – Whether the file exist (True) or not exist (False)

Return type

boolean

dmit.ostools.find_files(directory, prefix='', postfix='', recursive=True, onlyfiles=True, fullpath=False, olderthan=None, inorder=False)

Find files in a directory.

Parameters

• directory (str) – Directory to search in

• prefix (str (optional)) – Only remove files with this prefix

• postfix (str (optional)) – Only remove files with the postfix

• recursive (Boolean (optional)) – Go into directories recursively. Defaults to True

• onlyfiles (Boolean (optional)) – Show only files. Defaults to True

• fullpath (Boolean (optional)) – Give full path. Defaults to False. If recursive=True, fullpath is given automatically.

• olderthan (int (optional)) – Match only files older than X seconds from now. Defaults to None

• inorder (Boolean (optional)) – Return sorted list of filenames. Defaults to False

Returns

files – List containing file names that matches criterias

Return type

list

Notes

files = find_files(‘/foo/’, prefix=””, postfix=””, recursive=False, onlyfiles=True, fullpath=True, olderthan=86400*100)