helperFunctions.py

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import os
from TkAlExceptions import AllInOneError

####################--- Helpers ---############################
def replaceByMap(target, the_map):
    """This function replaces `.oO[key]Oo.` by `the_map[key]` in target.

    Arguments:
    - `target`: String which contains symbolic tags of the form `.oO[key]Oo.`
    - `the_map`: Dictionary which has to contain the `key`s in `target` as keys
    """

    result = target
    for key in the_map:
        lifeSaver = 10e3
        iteration = 0
        while ".oO[" in result and "]Oo." in result:
            for key in the_map:
                try:
                    result = result.replace(".oO["+key+"]Oo.",the_map[key])
                except TypeError:   #try a dict
                    try:
                        for keykey, value in the_map[key].iteritems():
                           result = result.replace(".oO[" + key + "['" + keykey + "']]Oo.", value)
                           result = result.replace(".oO[" + key + '["' + keykey + '"]]Oo.', value)
                    except AttributeError:   #try a list
                        try:
                            for index, value in enumerate(the_map[key]):
                                result = result.replace(".oO[" + key + "[" + str(index) + "]]Oo.", value)
                        except TypeError:
                            raise TypeError("Something is wrong in replaceByMap!  Need a string, dict, or list, but the_map(%s)=%s!"%(repr(key), repr(the_map[key])))
                iteration += 1
            if iteration > lifeSaver:
                problematicLines = ""
                for line in result.splitlines():
                    if  ".oO[" in result and "]Oo." in line:
                        problematicLines += "%s\n"%line
                msg = ("Oh Dear, there seems to be an endless loop in "
                       "replaceByMap!!\n%s\nrepMap"%problematicLines)
                raise AllInOneError(msg)
    return result


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


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 replacelast(string, old, new, count = 1):
    """Replace the last occurances of a string"""
    return new.join(string.rsplit(old,count))

fileExtensions = ["_cfg.py", ".sh", ".root"]

def addIndex(filename, njobs, index = None):
    if index is None:
        return [addIndex(filename, njobs, i) for i in range(njobs)]
    if njobs == 1:
        return filename

    fileExtension = None
    for extension in fileExtensions:
        if filename.endswith(extension):
            fileExtension = extension
    if fileExtension is None:
        raise AllInOneError(fileName + " does not end with any of the extensions "
                                     + str(fileExtensions))
    return replacelast(filename, fileExtension, "_" + str(index) + fileExtension)