_tmpdirs.py 2.32 KB
''' Contexts for *with* statement providing temporary directories
'''
import os
from contextlib import contextmanager
from shutil import rmtree
from tempfile import mkdtemp


@contextmanager
def tempdir():
    """Create and return a temporary directory. This has the same
    behavior as mkdtemp but can be used as a context manager.

    Upon exiting the context, the directory and everything contained
    in it are removed.

    Examples
    --------
    >>> import os
    >>> with tempdir() as tmpdir:
    ...     fname = os.path.join(tmpdir, 'example_file.txt')
    ...     with open(fname, 'wt') as fobj:
    ...         _ = fobj.write('a string\\n')
    >>> os.path.exists(tmpdir)
    False
    """
    d = mkdtemp()
    yield d
    rmtree(d)


@contextmanager
def in_tempdir():
    ''' Create, return, and change directory to a temporary directory

    Examples
    --------
    >>> import os
    >>> my_cwd = os.getcwd()
    >>> with in_tempdir() as tmpdir:
    ...     _ = open('test.txt', 'wt').write('some text')
    ...     assert os.path.isfile('test.txt')
    ...     assert os.path.isfile(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'test.txt'))
    >>> os.path.exists(tmpdir)
    False
    >>> os.getcwd() == my_cwd
    True
    '''
    pwd = os.getcwd()
    d = mkdtemp()
    os.chdir(d)
    yield d
    os.chdir(pwd)
    rmtree(d)


@contextmanager
def in_dir(dir=None):
    """ Change directory to given directory for duration of ``with`` block

    Useful when you want to use `in_tempdir` for the final test, but
    you are still debugging. For example, you may want to do this in the end:

    >>> with in_tempdir() as tmpdir:
    ...     # do something complicated which might break
    ...     pass

    But, indeed, the complicated thing does break, and meanwhile, the
    ``in_tempdir`` context manager wiped out the directory with the
    temporary files that you wanted for debugging. So, while debugging, you
    replace with something like:

    >>> with in_dir() as tmpdir: # Use working directory by default
    ...     # do something complicated which might break
    ...     pass

    You can then look at the temporary file outputs to debug what is happening,
    fix, and finally replace ``in_dir`` with ``in_tempdir`` again.
    """
    cwd = os.getcwd()
    if dir is None:
        yield cwd
        return
    os.chdir(dir)
    yield dir
    os.chdir(cwd)