FileUtils Namespace Reference

Functions
def	loadListFromFile
def	save_history
def	sectionNofTotal

Variables
tuple	historyPath = os.path.expanduser("~/.pyhistory")

Function Documentation

def FileUtils.loadListFromFile

(

filename

)

Loads a list of strings from file.  Will append to given list
if asked.

Definition at line 5 of file FileUtils.py.

def loadListFromFile (filename):
    """Loads a list of strings from file.  Will append to given list
    if asked."""
    retval = []
    filename = os.path.expanduser (filename)
    if not os.path.exists (filename):
        print "Error: file '%s' does not exist."%(filename)
        raise RuntimeError("Bad filename")
    source = open (filename, 'r')        
    for line in source.readlines():
        line = re.sub (r'#.+$', '', line) # remove comment characters
        line = line.strip()
        if len (line):
            retval.append (line)
    source.close()
    return retval