file-system utilities for lazy devs.
- Simple and intuitive.
- Zero dependencies.
- Compatibile with python 2 and 3.
- Well tested.
pip install python-fsutilJust import the main module and call its methods.
import fsutilassert_dirassert_existsassert_fileassert_not_dirassert_not_existsassert_not_fileclean_dirconvert_size_bytes_to_stringconvert_size_string_to_bytescopy_dircopy_dir_contentcopy_filecreate_dircreate_filecreate_zip_filedelete_dirdelete_dirsdelete_filedelete_filesexistsextract_zip_fileget_dir_creation_dateget_dir_creation_date_formattedget_dir_last_modified_dateget_dir_last_modified_date_formattedget_dir_sizeget_dir_size_formattedget_file_basenameget_file_creation_dateget_file_creation_date_formattedget_file_extensionget_file_hashget_file_last_modified_dateget_file_last_modified_date_formattedget_file_sizeget_file_size_formattedget_filenameis_diris_emptyis_empty_diris_empty_fileis_filejoin_filenamejoin_filepathjoin_pathlist_dirslist_filesmake_dirsmake_dirs_for_filemove_dirmove_fileread_fileread_file_linesremove_dirremove_dirsremove_fileremove_filesrename_dirrename_filerename_file_basenamerename_file_extensionsearch_dirssearch_filessplit_filenamesplit_filepathsplit_pathwrite_file
# Raise an OSError if the given path doesn't exist or it is not a directory.
fsutil.assert_dir(path)# Raise an OSError if the given path doesn't exist.
fsutil.assert_exists(path)# Raise an OSError if the given path doesn't exist or it is not a file.
fsutil.assert_file(path)# Raise an OSError if the given path is an existing directory.
fsutil.assert_not_dir(path)# Raise an OSError if the given path already exists.
fsutil.assert_not_exists(path)# Raise an OSError if the given path is an existing file.
fsutil.assert_not_file(path)# Clean a directory by removing empty sub-directories and/or empty files.
fsutil.clean_dir(path, dirs=True, files=True)# Convert the given size bytes to string using the right unit suffix.
size_str = fsutil.convert_size_bytes_to_string(size)# Convert the given size string to bytes.
size_bytes = fsutil.convert_size_string_to_bytes(size)# Copy the directory at the given path and all its content to dest path.
# If overwrite is not allowed and dest path exists, an OSError is raised.
# More informations about kwargs supported options here:
# https://docs.python.org/3/library/shutil.html#shutil.copytree
fsutil.copy_dir(path, dest, overwrite=False, **kwargs)# Copy the content of the directory at the given path to dest path.
# More informations about kwargs supported options here:
# https://docs.python.org/3/library/shutil.html#shutil.copytree
fsutil.copy_dir_content(path, dest, **kwargs)# Copy the file at the given path and its metadata to dest path.
# If overwrite is not allowed and dest path exists, an OSError is raised.
# More informations about kwargs supported options here:
# https://docs.python.org/3/library/shutil.html#shutil.copy2
fsutil.copy_file(path, dest, overwrite=False, **kwargs)# Create directory at the given path.
# If overwrite is not allowed and path exists, an OSError is raised.
fsutil.create_dir(path, overwrite=False)# Create file with the specified content at the given path.
# If overwrite is not allowed and path exists, an OSError is raised.
fsutil.create_file(path, content='', overwrite=False)# Create zip file at path compressing directories/files listed in content_paths.
# If overwrite is allowed and dest zip already exists, it will be overwritten.
fsutil.create_zip_file(path, content_paths, overwrite=True, compression=zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)# Alias for remove_dir.
fsutil.delete_dir(path)# Alias for delete_dirs.
fsutil.delete_dirs(*paths)# Alias for delete_file.
fsutil.delete_file(path)# Alias for delete_files.
fsutil.delete_files(*paths)# Check if a directory of a file exists at the given path.
value = fsutil.exists(path)# Extract zip file at path to dest path.
# If autodelete, the archive will be deleted after extraction.
# If content_paths list is defined, only listed items will be extracted, otherwise all.
fsutil.extract_zip_file(path, dest, content_paths=None, autodelete=False)# Get the directory creation date.
date = fsutil.get_dir_creation_date(path)# Get the directory creation date formatted using the given format.
date_str = fsutil.get_dir_creation_date_formatted(path, format='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')# Get the directory last modification date.
date = fsutil.get_dir_last_modified_date(path)# Get the directory last modification date formatted using the given format.
date_str = fsutil.get_dir_last_modified_date_formatted(path, format='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')# Get the directory size in bytes.
size = fsutil.get_dir_size(path)# Get the directory size formatted using the right unit suffix.
size_str = fsutil.get_dir_size_formatted(path)# Get the file basename from the given path/url.
basename = fsutil.get_file_basename(path)# Get the file creation date.
date = fsutil.get_file_creation_date(path)# Get the file creation date formatted using the given format.
date_str = fsutil.get_file_creation_date_formatted(path, format='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')# Get the file extension from the given path/url.
extension = fsutil.get_file_extension(path)# Get the hash of the file at the given path using
# the specified algorithm function (md5 by default).
filehash = fsutil.get_file_hash(path, func='md5')# Get the file last modification date.
date = fsutil.get_file_last_modified_date(path)# Get the file last modification date formatted using the given format.
date_str = fsutil.get_file_last_modified_date_formatted(path, format='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')# Get the file size in bytes.
size = fsutil.get_file_size(path)# Get the file size formatted using the right unit suffix.
size_str = fsutil.get_file_size_formatted(path)# Get the filename from the given path/url.
filename = fsutil.get_filename(path)# Determine whether the specified path represents an existing directory.
value = fsutil.is_dir(path)# Determine whether the specified path represents an empty directory or an empty file.
value = fsutil.is_empty(path)# Determine whether the specified path represents an empty directory.
value = fsutil.is_empty_dir(path)# Determine whether the specified path represents an empty file.
value = fsutil.is_empty_file(path)# Determine whether the specified path represents an existing file.
value = fsutil.is_file(path)# Create a filename joining the file basename and the extension.
filename = fsutil.join_filename(basename, extension)# Create a filepath joining the directory path and the filename.
filepath = fsutil.join_filepath(dirpath, filename)# Create a path joining path and paths.
# If path is __file__ (or a .py file), the resulting path will be relative
# to the directory path of the module in which it's used.
path = fsutil.get_path(basefile, path)# List all directories contained at the given directory path.
dirs = fsutil.list_dirs(path)# List all files contained at the given directory path.
files = fsutil.list_files(path)# Create the directories needed to ensure that the given path exists.
# If a file already exists at the given path an OSError is raised.
fsutil.make_dirs(path)# Create the directories needed to ensure that the given path exists.
# If a directory already exists at the given path an OSError is raised.
fsutil.make_dirs_for_file(path)# Move an existing dir from path to dest directory.
# If overwrite is not allowed and dest path exists, an OSError is raised.
# More informations about kwargs supported options here:
# https://docs.python.org/3/library/shutil.html#shutil.move
fsutil.move_dir(path, dest, overwrite=False, **kwargs)# Move an existing file from path to dest directory.
# If overwrite is not allowed and dest path exists, an OSError is raised.
# More informations about kwargs supported options here:
# https://docs.python.org/3/library/shutil.html#shutil.move
fsutil.move_file(path, dest, overwrite=False, **kwargs)# Read the content of the file at the given path using the specified encoding.
content = fsutil.read_file(path, encoding='utf-8')# Read file content lines according to the given options.
content = fsutil.read_file_lines(path, strip_white=True, skip_empty=True, encoding='utf-8')# Remove a directory at the given path and all its content.
# If the directory is removed with success returns True, otherwise False.
# More informations about kwargs supported options here:
# https://docs.python.org/3/library/shutil.html#shutil.rmtree
fsutil.remove_dir(path, **kwargs)# Remove multiple directories at the given paths and all their content.
fsutil.remove_dirs(*paths)# Remove a file at the given path.
# If the file is removed with success returns True, otherwise False.
fsutil.remove_file(path)# Remove multiple files at the given paths.
fsutil.remove_files(*paths)# Rename a directory with the given name.
# If a directory or a file with the given name already exists, an OSError is raised.
fsutil.rename_dir(path, name)# Rename a file with the given name.
# If a directory or a file with the given name already exists, an OSError is raised.
fsutil.rename_file(path, name)# Rename a file basename with the given basename.
fsutil.rename_file_basename(path, basename)# Rename a file extension with the given extension.
fsutil.rename_file_extension(path, extension)# Search for directories at path matching the given pattern.
dirs = fsutil.search_dirs(path, pattern)# Search for files at path matching the given pattern.
files = fsutil.search_files(path, pattern)# Split a filename and returns its basename and extension.
basename, extension = fsutil.split_filename(path)# Split a filename and returns its directory-path and filename.
dirpath, filename = fsutil.split_filepath(path)# Split a path and returns its path-names.
path_names = fsutil.split_path(path)# Write file with the specified content at the given path.
fsutil.write_file(path, content, append=False, encoding='utf-8')# create python virtual environment
virtualenv testing_fsutil
# activate virtualenv
cd testing_fsutil && . bin/activate
# clone repo
git clone https://github.com/fabiocaccamo/python-fsutil.git src && cd src
# install requirements
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install -r requirements.txt
# run tests using tox
tox
# or run tests using unittest
python -m unittest
# or run tests using setuptools
python setup.py testReleased under MIT License.
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