ScriptCollection 3.5.30

The ScriptCollection is the place for reusable scripts.

ScriptCollection

General

The ScriptCollection is the place for reusable scripts.

Reference

The reference can be found here.

Hints

Most of the scripts are written in python 3.

Caution: Before executing any script of this repository read the sourcecode of the script (and the sourcecode of all functions called by this function directly or transitively) carefully and verify that the script does exactly what you want to do and nothing else.

Some functions are not entirely available on windows or require common third-party tools. See the Runtime dependencies-section for more information.

When using ScriptCollection it is not required but recommended for better usability to have epew installed.

Get ScriptCollection

Installation via pip

pip3 install ScriptCollection

See the PyPI-site for ScriptCollection

Download sourcecode using git

You can simply git-clone the ScriptCollection and then use the scripts under the provided license.

git clone https://github.com/anionDev/ScriptCollection.git

It may be more easy to pip-install the ScriptCollection but technically pip is not required. Actually you need to git-clone (or download as zip-file from GitHub the ScriptCollection to use the scripts in this repository which are not written in python.

Troubleshooting

It is recommended to always use only the newest version of the ScriptCollection. If you have an older version: Update it (e. g. using pip3 install ScriptCollection --upgrade if you installed the ScriptCollection via pip). If you still have problems, then feel free to create an issue.

If you have installed the ScriptCollection as pip-package you can simply check the version using Python with the following commands:

from ScriptCollection.ScriptCollectionCore import ScriptCollectionCore
ScriptCollectionCore.get_scriptcollection_version()

Or you can simply run pip3 freeze folder to get information about (all) currently installed pip-packages.

Development

Branching-system

This repository applies the GitFlowSimplified-branching-system.

Repository-structure

This repository applies the CommonProjectStructure-branching-system.

Install dependencies

ScriptCollection requires Python 3.10.

To develop ScriptCollection it is obviously required that the following commandline-commands are available on your system:

• python (on some systems python3)
• pip3

The pip-packages which are required for developing on this project are defined in requirements.txt.

IDE

The recommended IDE for developing ScriptCollection is Visual Studio Code. The recommended addons for developing ScriptCollection with Visual Studio Code are:

• Pylance
• Python
• Spell Right
• docs-markdown

Build

To create and install an ScriptCollection locally simply do the following commands:

python ./ScriptCollection/Other/Build/Build.py
pip3 install --force-reinstall ./ScriptCollection/Other/Artifacts/Wheel/ScriptCollection-x.x.x-py3-none-any.whl

(Note: x.x.x must be replaced by the appropriate version-number.)

Coding style

In this repository pylint will be used to report linting-issues. If you change code in this repository please ensure pylint does not find any issues before creating a pull-request.

If linting-issues exist in the current code-base can be checked by running python ./ScriptCollection/Other/QualityCheck/Linting.py.

Runtime dependencies

ScriptCollection requires Python 3.10.

The usual Python-dependencies will be installed automagically by pip.

For functions to to read or change the permissions or the owner of a file the ScriptCollection relies on the functionality of the following tools:

• chmod
• chown
• ls

This tools must be available on the system where the functions should be executed. Meanwhile this tools are also available on Windows but may have a slightly limited functionality.

License

See License.txt for license-information.