filewrap 1.1

A Python package for file/archive manipulation & management.

filewrap

A Python package for file/archive manipulation & management.

Make sure to have the latest version of Python 3 installed although this should work with previous versions.

To install the package with pip enter command in terminal: pip install filewrap

To uninstall the package with pip enter command in terminal: pip uninstall filewrap

Built-in modules used: os, tarfile, gzip, zipfile, zlib

copydir(destination_path, target_path): Copy target directory and all of it's subdirectories/files to a destination directory.

copyfile(destination_path, *filepaths): Copy single/multiple files to destination directory. The destination_path and *filepaths arguments must be strings.

rpfile(mode, *filepaths): Read and print lines in single/multiple text/binary based files. The mode argument must be either strings: "t" (text) or "b" (binary). The *filepaths arguments must be strings.

rmfile(*filepaths): Delete single/multiple files. The *filepaths arguments must be strings.

mkfile(mode, *filepaths): Make single/multiple text/binary based files. The mode argument must be either strings: "t" (text) or "b" (binary). The *filepaths arguments must be strings.

rmdir(*filepaths): Delete single/multiple directories. The *filepaths arguments must be strings.

rmall(dirpath): Delete single directory along with it's subdirectories and files. Use this with caution, as you could delete your entire file system if you're not careful.

mkdir(*filepaths): Make single/multiple directories. The *filepaths arguments must be strings.

rpdir(*filepaths): Output to terminal the file/subdirectory names of single/multiple argument filepaths. Use no arguments for working directory only. The *filepaths arguments must be strings.

lsdir(*filepaths): Return a list with file/subdirectory names of the single/multiple argument filepaths. If there are no arguments used in *filepaths, a list of the contents within the working directory is returned. If there is only one argument used in *filepaths, a list of the contents of only that filepath directory is returned. Using the method with two or more arguments in *filepaths will return a list of lists with each list containing the file/subdirectory names of that filepath argument.

chdir(filepath): Change current working directory. The filepath argument must be a string.

wdir(): Return string of the path of the current working directory.

pwdir(): Print working directory to terminal.

mklist(mode, *filepaths): Return a list from lines in single/multiple text/binary based files. The mode argument must be either strings: "t" (text) or "b" (binary). The *filepaths arguments must be strings.

writelines(mode, filepath, *lines): Write singular strings or lists of elements in sequence to lines in a text/binary based file. The mode argument must be either strings: "t" (text) or "b" (binary). The filepath argument must be a string. The lines in the file are overwritten by the lines argument values.

appendlines(mode, filepath, *lines): Append singular strings or lists of elements in sequence to lines at the end of a text/binary based file. The mode argument must be either strings: "t" (text) or "b" (binary). The filepath argument must be a string.

attrfile(mode, filepath): Return information about a file as dictionary. The mode argument value can be one of the following strings: "rt", "at", "wt", "rb", "ab", "wb" The filepath argument must be a string.

path_exists(filepath): Return boolean value (True or False) to check if a single file path exists. The filepath argument must be a string.

isfile(filepath): Return boolean value (True or False) to check if filepath argument is a file. The filepath argument must be a string.

isdir(filepath): Return boolean value (True or False) to check if filepath argument is a directory. The filepath argument must be a string.

istar(filepath): Return boolean value (True or False) to check if filepath argument is a tar archive. The filepath argument must be a string.

iszip(filepath): Return boolean value (True or False) to check if filepath argument is a zip archive. The filepath argument must be a string.

ren(current_filepath, desired_filepath): Rename single/multiple files or directories. current_filepath represents the file path's name being changed. desired_filepath represents the file path's new intended name. current_filepath and desired_filepath can either be: Two strings Two lists of equal length consisting of strings

tar_wrap(filepath): Create a tar archive with gzip compression & .gz extension.

tar_extract(filepath): Extract a tar gzip archive contents to working directory.

zip_wrap(filepath): Create a zip archive with DEFLATE compression.

zip_extract(filepath): Extract a zip archive contents to working directory.

filecount(filepath): Count and return the number of files within a directory.

dircount(filepath): Count and return the number of directories within a directory.