vishack.data.output¶
Library for handling file outputs.
Functions
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Rename the name of the file if it exists |
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Get name and extension from a path |
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Rename a file by appending something unique before extension. |
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Rename the name of the file by appending bracket enclosed number. |
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Rename the name of the file by appending the current utc time. |
- vishack.data.output.append_to_name(name, ext, appendix='')¶
Rename the name of the file if it exists
- Parameters
name (string) – The name of the file, i.e. everything before the extension
ext (string) – The extension of the file.
appendix (string) – The appendix to append onto the name
- Returns
new_path – The modified path name.
- Return type
string
- vishack.data.output.get_name_and_ext(path)¶
Get name and extension from a path
- Parameters
path (string) – The path of the file
- Returns
name (string) – The name of the file, i.e. everything before the extension
ext (string) – The extension of the file.
- vishack.data.output.rename(path, method='utc')¶
Rename a file by appending something unique before extension.
- Parameters
path (string) – The path of the file to be outputted. With or without extension. If it exists, the new file will be renamed before writing so not to replace the old one.
method (string) – The method to rename. Available methods are ‘utc’ and ‘123’.
- Returns
new_path – The modified path name.
- Return type
string
- vishack.data.output.rename_method_123(name, ext)¶
Rename the name of the file by appending bracket enclosed number.
- Parameters
name (string) – The name of the file, i.e. everything before the extension
ext (string) – The extension of the file.
- Returns
new_path – The modified path name.
- Return type
string
- vishack.data.output.rename_method_utc(name, ext)¶
Rename the name of the file by appending the current utc time.
- Parameters
name (string) – The name of the file, i.e. everything before the extension
ext (string) – The extension of the file.
- Returns
new_path – The modified path name.
- Return type
string