castorBaseDir Namespace Reference

Functions
def	castorBaseDir (user=os.environ['USER'], area=None)
def	getUserAndArea (user)
def	myCastorBaseDir ()

Function Documentation

castorBaseDir()

def castorBaseDir.castorBaseDir	(		user = os.environ['USER'],
			area = None
	)

Gets the top level directory to use for writing for 'user'

Definition at line 18 of file castorBaseDir.py.

def castorBaseDir( user=os.environ['USER'], area = None):
    """Gets the top level directory to use for writing for 'user'"""
    
    if area is None:
        user, area = getUserAndArea(user)
    
    d = 'root://eoscms.cern.ch//eos/cms/store/cmst3/%s/%s/CMG' % (area,user)
    exists = castortools.isDirectory( castortools.lfnToCastor(d) )
    if exists:
        return d
    else:
        msg = "The directory '%s' does not exist. Please check the username and area (user/group). You may need to create the directory yourself." % d
        print(msg, file=sys.stderr)
        raise NameError(msg)
 

References getUserAndArea(), and print().

getUserAndArea()

def castorBaseDir.getUserAndArea

(

user

)

Factor out the magic user hack for use in other classes

Definition at line 7 of file castorBaseDir.py.

def getUserAndArea(user):
    """Factor out the magic user hack for use in other classes"""
    
    area = 'user'
    
    tokens = user.split('_')
    if tokens and len(tokens) > 1:
        user = tokens[0]
        area = tokens[1]
    return user, area
 

Referenced by addToDatasets.addToDatasets(), and castorBaseDir().

myCastorBaseDir()

def castorBaseDir.myCastorBaseDir

(

)

Gets the top level directory to use for writing for the current user

Definition at line 33 of file castorBaseDir.py.

def myCastorBaseDir():
    """Gets the top level directory to use for writing for the current user"""
    return castorBaseDir()