helperFunctions Namespace Reference

Functions
def	castorDirExists
def	getCommandOutput2
def	replaceByMap
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Function Documentation

def helperFunctions.castorDirExists

(

path

)

This function checks if the directory given by `path` exists.

Arguments:
- `path`: Path to castor directory

Definition at line 47 of file helperFunctions.py.

References getCommandOutput2().

def castorDirExists(path):
    """This function checks if the directory given by `path` exists.

    Arguments:
    - `path`: Path to castor directory
    """

    if path[-1] == "/":
        path = path[:-1]
    containingPath = os.path.join( *path.split("/")[:-1] )
    dirInQuestion = path.split("/")[-1]
    try:
        rawLines = getCommandOutput2("rfdir /"+containingPath).splitlines()
    except RuntimeError:
        return False
    for line in rawLines:
        if line.split()[0][0] == "d":
            if line.split()[8] == dirInQuestion:
                return True
    return False

def helperFunctions.getCommandOutput2

(

command

)

This function executes `command` and returns it output.

Arguments:
- `command`: Shell command to be invoked by this function.

Definition at line 32 of file helperFunctions.py.

Referenced by castorDirExists(), validateAlignments.main(), and validateAlignments.ValidationJob.runJob().

def getCommandOutput2(command):
    """This function executes `command` and returns it output.

    Arguments:
    - `command`: Shell command to be invoked by this function.
    """

    child = os.popen(command)
    data = child.read()
    err = child.close()
    if err:
        raise RuntimeError, '%s failed w/ exit code %d' % (command, err)
    return data