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authorromangraef <roman.graef@gmail.com>2018-06-03 13:46:20 +0200
committerromangraef <roman.graef@gmail.com>2018-06-03 13:46:20 +0200
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+# As usual: copied form stack overflow
+# https://stackoverflow.com/a/33181083
+
+from argparse import ArgumentTypeError as err
+import os
+
+
+class PathType(object):
+ def __init__(self, exists=True, type='file', dash_ok=True):
+ """exists:
+ True: a path that does exist
+ False: a path that does not exist, in a valid parent directory
+ None: don't care
+ type: file, dir, symlink, None, or a function returning True for valid paths
+ None: don't care
+ dash_ok: whether to allow "-" as stdin/stdout"""
+
+ assert exists in (True, False, None)
+ assert type in ('file', 'dir', 'symlink', None) or hasattr(type, '__call__')
+
+ self._exists = exists
+ self._type = type
+ self._dash_ok = dash_ok
+
+ def __call__(self, string):
+ if string == '-':
+ # the special argument "-" means sys.std{in,out}
+ if self._type == 'dir':
+ raise err('standard input/output (-) not allowed as directory path')
+ elif self._type == 'symlink':
+ raise err('standard input/output (-) not allowed as symlink path')
+ elif not self._dash_ok:
+ raise err('standard input/output (-) not allowed')
+ else:
+ e = os.path.exists(string)
+ if self._exists:
+ if not e:
+ raise err("path does not exist: '%s'" % string)
+
+ if self._type is None:
+ pass
+ elif self._type == 'file':
+ if not os.path.isfile(string):
+ raise err("path is not a file: '%s'" % string)
+ elif self._type == 'symlink':
+ if not os.path.symlink(string):
+ raise err("path is not a symlink: '%s'" % string)
+ elif self._type == 'dir':
+ if not os.path.isdir(string):
+ raise err("path is not a directory: '%s'" % string)
+ elif not self._type(string):
+ raise err("path not valid: '%s'" % string)
+ else:
+ if not self._exists and e:
+ raise err("path exists: '%s'" % string)
+
+ p = os.path.dirname(os.path.normpath(string)) or '.'
+ if not os.path.isdir(p):
+ raise err("parent path is not a directory: '%s'" % p)
+ elif not os.path.exists(p):
+ raise err("parent directory does not exist: '%s'" % p)
+
+ return string