Managing resources (files, filenames, copy, memory)

Created on 30 Aug. 2017

Authord:

13. Lafaysse

This module contains all file manipulations.

exception utils.resources.InstallException(issue)

Bases: Exception

with_traceback()

Exception.with_traceback(tb) – set self.__traceback__ to tb and return self.

utils.resources.absolute_path(pathin)

Convert a local path in an absolute path.

The input may be a list of coma-separated paths

utils.resources.check_snowtools_install()

Check the snowtools installation. More precisely :

• Check that the required folders for a simulation are present in the folder pointed by SNOWTOOLS_CEN

• Check the snowtools packages are correctly importable

utils.resources.check_surfex_exe(path)

Check that SURFEX inaries are present and return their path

Parameters:

path – The path to look in. If one, fallback to environment variable EXESURFEX.

Returns:

The path for surfex binaries

Raises:

BaseException if no path provided or FileNameException if binaries not found

utils.resources.print_used_memory()

Print the currently used memory with the free linux command

utils.resources.smart_copy(pathin, nameout, preferlink=False)

If pathin includes /home do a symbolic link because we probably are on the disk. Otherwise, do a hard copy of the file to improve computing times.