castorBaseDir Namespace Reference

Functions
def	castorBaseDir
def	getUserAndArea
def	myCastorBaseDir

Function Documentation

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.

References getUserAndArea(), and print().

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)