linkchecker/linkcheck/fileutil.py

# -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-
# Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Bastian Kleineidam
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"""
File and path utilities.
"""

import os
import locale
import stat
import fnmatch


def write_file (filename, content, backup=False, callback=None):
    """Overwrite a possibly existing file with new content. Do this
    in a manner that does not leave truncated or broken files behind.
    @param filename: name of file to write
    @type filename: string
    @param content: file content to write
    @type content: string
    @param backup: if backup file should be left
    @type backup: bool
    @param callback: non-default storage function
    @type callback: None or function taking two parameters (fileobj, content)
    """
    # first write in a temp file
    f = file(filename+".tmp", 'wb')
    if callback is None:
        f.write(content)
    else:
        callback(f, content)
    f.close()
    # move orig file to backup
    if os.path.exists(filename):
        os.rename(filename, filename+".bak")
    # move temp file to orig
    os.rename(filename+".tmp", filename)
    # remove backup
    if not backup and os.path.exists(filename+".bak"):
        os.remove(filename+".bak")


def has_module (name):
    """Test if given module can be imported.
    @return: flag if import is successful
    @rtype: bool
    """
    try:
        exec "import %s" % name
        return True
    except ImportError:
        return False


class GlobDirectoryWalker (object):
    """A forward iterator that traverses a directory tree."""

    def __init__ (self, directory, pattern="*"):
        """Set start directory and pattern matcher."""
        self.stack = [directory]
        self.pattern = pattern
        self.files = []
        self.index = 0

    def __getitem__ (self, index):
        """Search for next filename."""
        while True:
            try:
                filename = self.files[self.index]
                self.index += 1
            except IndexError:
                # Pop next directory from stack. This effectively
                # stops the iteration if stack is empty.
                self.directory = self.stack.pop()
                self.files = os.listdir(self.directory)
                self.index = 0
            else:
                # got a filename
                fullname = os.path.join(self.directory, filename)
                if os.path.isdir(fullname) and not os.path.islink(fullname):
                    self.stack.append(fullname)
                if fnmatch.fnmatch(filename, self.pattern):
                    return fullname

# alias
rglob = GlobDirectoryWalker


class Buffer (object):
    """Holds buffered data"""

    def __init__ (self, empty=''):
        """Initialize buffer."""
        self.empty = self.buf = empty
        self.tmpbuf = []
        self.pos = 0

    def __len__ (self):
        """Buffer length."""
        return self.pos

    def write (self, data):
        """Write data to buffer."""
        self.tmpbuf.append(data)
        self.pos += len(data)

    def flush (self, overlap=0):
        """Flush buffered data and return it."""
        self.buf += self.empty.join(self.tmpbuf)
        self.tmpbuf = []
        if overlap and overlap < self.pos:
            data = self.buf[:-overlap]
            self.buf = self.buf[-overlap:]
        else:
            data = self.buf
            self.buf = self.empty
        return data


def get_mtime (filename):
    """Return modification time of filename or zero on errors."""
    try:
        return os.stat(filename)[stat.ST_MTIME]
    except os.error:
        return 0


# http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/glib/glib-running.html
if "G_FILENAME_ENCODING" in os.environ:
    FSCODING = os.environ["G_FILENAME_ENCODING"].split(",")[0]
    if FSCODING == "@locale":
        FSCODING = locale.getpreferredencoding()
elif "G_BROKEN_FILENAMES" in os.environ:
    FSCODING = locale.getpreferredencoding()
else:
    FSCODING = "utf-8"

def pathencode (path):
    if isinstance(path, unicode) and not os.path.supports_unicode_filenames:
        path = path.encode(FSCODING, "replace")
    return path


# cache for modified check {absolute filename -> mtime}
_mtime_cache = {}
def has_changed (filename):
    """Check if filename has changed since the last check. If this
    is the first check, assume the file is changed."""
    key = os.path.abspath(filename)
    mtime = get_mtime(key)
    if key not in _mtime_cache:
        _mtime_cache[key] = mtime
        return True
    return mtime > _mtime_cache[key]