filedir 0.0.1

Filedir is a python module to work with files and directories.

Filedir

Filedir is a python module to work with files and directories.

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File

This is a class to work with files. You can define an instance with

File('full or relative path to your file')

If the path doesn't exist it will raise a FileNotFoundError if the path points to a directory or to a symbolic link it will also raise a FileNotFoundError

Basic data

To get the Basic data of the file call the variable that is in the table descriped.

Variable name	data
File.fullpath	Get the full path of the file.
File.name	Get the name of the file(e.g. README.md)
File.basename	Get the name of the file without the file extension(e.g. README)
File.ext	Get the extension of the file(e.g. .md)
File.dir	Get the directory where the file is in
File.size_b	Get the size of the file in byte
File.size_kb	Get the size of the file in kilo byte. You can replace the kb with the following abbreviations: b, kb, mb, gb, tb, pb, eb, zb, yb
File.size_preffered	Get the size of the file in the preffered size. It's a string countaining the size + the unit(e.g. 100kb)
File.is_readable	A boolean that shows if the file is readable, also works for: is_writable, is_executable, is_hidden

Methods

There are various methods on the file object, all of which are explained in more detail in the table below.

Method name	description
File.move(destination)	To move the file you can run this the destination parameter must be a string or a Directory object.