File system operations
- Test
- File info
- Directory info
- File manipulation
- Directory manipulation
Test
| What | How | Details |
| File/dir exists | os.path.exists(path) | |
| File | os.path.isfile(path) | |
| Empty file | os.path.getsize(path) == 0 | Throws error if the file does not exist |
| Directory | os.path.isdir(path) | |
| Empty directory | not os.listdir(path) | |
| Parent of | ? | |
| Child of | ? | |
File info
| What | How | Details |
| Filename | os.path.basename(r'C:\Files\derp.csv') | Returns derp.csv |
| Filename without extension | os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(r'C:\Files\derp.csv'))[0] | Returns derp |
| File extension | os.path.splitext(r'C:\Files\derp.csv')[1] | Returns .csv |
| Parent directory name | os.path.basename(os.path.dirname((r'C:\Files\derp.csv')) | Returns Files |
| File size | os.path.getsize(path) | |
Directory info
File manipulation
Directory manipulation
| What | How | Details |
| Create directory | os.mkdir(path) | Error when directory already exists |
| Create directory if needed | Path(path).mkdir(exist_ok=True) | |
| Create directories recursively | os.makedirs(dest_dir) | |
| Create directories recursively if needed | os.makedirs(dest_dir, exist_ok=True) | |
| Delete directory and underlying files | shutil.rmtree(path) | Error if the path does not exist |
| Delete directory and underlying files if needed | shutil.rmtree(path, ignore_error = True) | |
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