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Diffstat (limited to 'wqflask/utility')
| -rw-r--r-- | wqflask/utility/tools.py | 24 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/wqflask/utility/tools.py b/wqflask/utility/tools.py index 624df179..af1ab353 100644 --- a/wqflask/utility/tools.py +++ b/wqflask/utility/tools.py @@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ def flat_files(subdir=None): return valid_path(base) def locate(name, subdir=None): + """ + Locate a static flat file in the GENENETWORK_FILES environment. + + This function throws an error when the file is not found. + """ base = get_setting("GENENETWORK_FILES") if subdir: base = base+"/"+subdir @@ -89,7 +94,24 @@ def locate(name, subdir=None): else: raise IOError("Can not locate "+lookfor) raise IOError("Can not locate "+name) - + +def locate_without_error(name, subdir=None): + """ + Locate a static flat file in the GENENETWORK_FILES environment. + + This function does not throw an error when the file is not found + but returns None. + """ + base = get_setting("GENENETWORK_FILES") + if subdir: + base = base+"/"+subdir + if valid_path(base): + lookfor = base + "/" + name + if valid_path(lookfor): + return lookfor + sys.stderr.write("WARNING: file "+name+" not found\n") + return None + def tempdir(): return valid_path(get_setting("TEMPDIR","/tmp")) |