pathier 0.7.0

Extends the standard library pathlib.Path class.

pathier

Extends the standard library pathlib.Path class.

Installation

Install with:

pip install pathier

Usage

Functions the same as pathlib.Path, but with added functions and some altered default arguments.

Navigation

New paths can be obtained by:

• naming the parent with moveup()
• subtracting a number of levels from the current path
• naming the parent of the path you actually want with move_under()
• separating a relative path at a named parent with separate()
• set current working directory to path

>>> from pathier import Pathier
>>> path = Pathier("C:/some/directory/to/some/file/on/the/system")
>>> path.moveup("directory")
WindowsPath('C:/some/directory')
>>> path - 3
WindowsPath('C:/some/directory/to/some/file')
>>> path.move_under("directory")
WindowsPath('C:/some/directory/to')
>>> path.separate("file")
WindowsPath('on/the/system')
>>> path.separate("file", True)
WindowsPath('file/on/the/system')
>>> path.mkcwd()
>>> Pathier.cwd()
WindowsPath('C:/some/directory/to/some/file/on/the/system')

PATH

Pathier objects can be added and removed from sys.path:
(The path will only be added if it isn't already in sys.path)

>>> from pathier import Pathier
>>> path = Pathier.cwd()
>>> path.in_PATH
False
>>> path.add_to_PATH(0)
>>> path.in_PATH
True
>>> path.remove_from_PATH()
>>> path.in_PATH
False
>>> path.append_to_PATH()
>>> path.in_PATH
True

Read and Write

Can dump and load toml and json files without needed to explicityly import and call functions from the respective libraries:

from pathier import Pathier
path = Pathier("some_file.toml")
content = path.loads()
path.with_suffix(".json").dumps(content, indent=2)

Pathier().mkdir() creates parent directories and doesn't throw an error if the path already exists by default.

Pathier().write_text() and Pathier().write_bytes() will create parent directories by default if they won't exist.

Pathier().write_text() will also try to cast the data to be written to a string if a TypeError is thrown.

Pathier().delete() will delete a file or directory, event if that directory isn't empty.

Pathier().copy() will copy a file or a directory tree to a new destination and return a Pathier object for the new path
By default, files in the destination will not be overwritten.

Stats and Comparisons

>>> from pathier import Pathier
>>> p = Pathier.cwd() / "pathier.py"
>>> i = p.parent / "__init__.py"
>>> p.dob
datetime.datetime(2023, 3, 31, 18, 43, 12, 360000)
>>> p.age
8846.024934
>>> p.mod_date
datetime.datetime(2023, 3, 31, 21, 7, 30)
>>> p.mod_delta
207.488857
>>> p.size()
10744
>>> p.size(True)
'10.74 kb'
>>> p.is_larger(i)
True
>>> p.is_older(i)
False
>>> p.modified_more_recently(i)
True