# Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Aaron Bentley and Panometrics, Inc.
# Gianluca Montecchi <gian@grys.it>
# W. Trevor King <wking@drexel.edu>
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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#
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"""
Assorted utility functions that don't fit in anywhere else.
"""
import calendar
import codecs
import os
import shutil
import tempfile
import time
import types
import doctest
def search_parent_directories(path, filename):
"""
Find the file (or directory) named filename in path or in any
of path's parents.
e.g.
search_parent_directories("/a/b/c", ".be")
will return the path to the first existing file from
/a/b/c/.be
/a/b/.be
/a/.be
/.be
or None if none of those files exist.
"""
path = os.path.realpath(path)
assert os.path.exists(path)
old_path = None
while True:
check_path = os.path.join(path, filename)
if os.path.exists(check_path):
return check_path
if path == old_path:
return None
old_path = path
path = os.path.dirname(path)
class Dir (object):
"A temporary directory for testing use"
def __init__(self):
self.path = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="BEtest")
self.removed = False
def cleanup(self):
if self.removed == False:
shutil.rmtree(self.path)
self.removed = True
def __call__(self):
return self.path
RFC_2822_TIME_FMT = "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S +0000"
def time_to_str(time_val):
"""Convert a time value into an RFC 2822-formatted string. This format
lacks sub-second data.
>>> time_to_str(0)
'Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000'
"""
return time.strftime(RFC_2822_TIME_FMT, time.gmtime(time_val))
def str_to_time(str_time):
"""Convert an RFC 2822-fomatted string into a time value.
>>> str_to_time("Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000")
0
>>> q = time.time()
>>> str_to_time(time_to_str(q)) == int(q)
True
>>> str_to_time("Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -1000")
36000
"""
timezone_str = str_time[-5:]
if timezone_str != "+0000":
str_time = str_time.replace(timezone_str, "+0000")
time_val = calendar.timegm(time.strptime(str_time, RFC_2822_TIME_FMT))
timesign = -int(timezone_str[0]+"1") # "+" -> time_val ahead of GMT
timezone_tuple = time.strptime(timezone_str[1:], "%H%M")
timezone = timezone_tuple.tm_hour*3600 + timezone_tuple.tm_min*60
return time_val + timesign*timezone
def handy_time(time_val):
return time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M", time.localtime(time_val))
def time_to_gmtime(str_time):
"""Convert an RFC 2822-fomatted string to a GMT string.
>>> time_to_gmtime("Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -1000")
'Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000'
"""
time_val = str_to_time(str_time)
return time_to_str(time_val)
def iterable_full_of_strings(value, alternative=None):
"""
Require an iterable full of strings.
>>> iterable_full_of_strings([])
True
>>> iterable_full_of_strings(["abc", "def", u"hij"])
True
>>> iterable_full_of_strings(["abc", None, u"hij"])
False
>>> iterable_full_of_strings(None, alternative=None)
True
"""
if value == alternative:
return True
elif not hasattr(value, "__iter__"):
return False
for x in value:
if type(x) not in types.StringTypes:
return False
return True
suite = doctest.DocTestSuite()
