dbprocessing.Diskfile

Information regarding a file as stored on disk.

Functions

calcDigest(infile)

Calculate the SHA1 digest from a file.

Classes

Diskfile(infile, dbu)

Diskfile class contains methods for dealing with files on disk

Exceptions

DigestError(*params)	Exception that is thrown by calcDigest.
FilenameError(*params)	Exception especially for created filenames showing that they are wrong
InputError(*params)	Exception that input is bad to the DiskFile class
ReadError(*params)	Exception that a file is not readable by the script, probably doesn't exist
WriteError(*params)	Exception that a file is not write able by the script

dbprocessing.Diskfile.calcDigest(infile)

Calculate the SHA1 digest from a file.

Parameters

infilestr

Path to the file.

Returns

hashstr

Hex digits of the file’s SHA1 hash (40 bytes).

exception dbprocessing.Diskfile.DigestError(*params)

Exception that is thrown by calcDigest.

Notes

Maybe just combine this with ReadError for the current purpose

exception dbprocessing.Diskfile.FilenameError(*params)

Exception especially for created filenames showing that they are wrong

exception dbprocessing.Diskfile.InputError(*params)

Exception that input is bad to the DiskFile class

exception dbprocessing.Diskfile.ReadError(*params)

Exception that a file is not readable by the script, probably doesn’t exist

exception dbprocessing.Diskfile.WriteError(*params)

Exception that a file is not write able by the script

probably doesn’t exist or in a ro directory

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Release: 0.1.0 Doc generation date: Feb 10, 2022