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authorpjotrp2016-02-22 16:26:13 +0000
committerPjotr Prins2016-04-20 08:46:51 +0000
commit94e3ac8e2fff5da72fd1c0358fdb6fdad9a7830c (patch)
treefa583980a004441c9f39ca94e1be47b1009c96cf /wqflask/utility
parent4b80bbfe261e8d0587a637b35416834e027f0999 (diff)
downloadgenenetwork2-94e3ac8e2fff5da72fd1c0358fdb6fdad9a7830c.tar.gz
Introducing TEMPDIR
Diffstat (limited to 'wqflask/utility')
-rw-r--r--wqflask/utility/tools.py14
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/wqflask/utility/tools.py b/wqflask/utility/tools.py
index 44bbb1b0..dc7bc33c 100644
--- a/wqflask/utility/tools.py
+++ b/wqflask/utility/tools.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import os
import sys
from wqflask import app
+
def get_setting(command_id,guess=None):
"""Resolve a setting from the environment or the global settings in
app.config, with get_valid_path is a function checking whether the
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ def get_setting(command_id,guess=None):
different settings.py file (or setting the environment).
"""
- def valid(command):
+ def value(command):
if command:
sys.stderr.write("Found value "+command+"\n")
return command
@@ -42,12 +43,12 @@ def get_setting(command_id,guess=None):
# ---- Check whether environment exists
sys.stderr.write("Looking for "+command_id+"\n")
- command = valid(os.environ.get(command_id))
+ command = value(os.environ.get(command_id))
if not command:
# ---- Check whether setting exists in app
- command = valid(app.config.get(command_id))
+ command = value(app.config.get(command_id))
if not command:
- command = valid(guess)
+ command = value(guess)
if not command:
raise Exception(command_id+' path unknown or faulty (update settings.py?). '+command_id+' should point to the path')
return command
@@ -76,3 +77,8 @@ def flat_files(subdir=None):
if subdir:
return valid_path(base+"/"+subdir)
return valid_path(base)
+
+def tempdir():
+ return valid_path(get_setting("TEMPDIR","/tmp"))
+
+TEMPDIR = tempdir()