libervia-backend/sat/tools/common/files_utils.py
2018-06-27 20:14:46 +02:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python2
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# SAT: a jabber client
# Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Jérôme Poisson (goffi@goffi.org)
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
"""tools to help manipulating files"""
import os.path
def get_unique_name(path):
"""generate a path with a name not conflicting with existing file
@param path(unicode): path to the file to create
@return (unicode): unique path (can be the same as path if there is not conflict)
"""
ori_path = path
idx = 1
while os.path.exists(path):
path = ori_path + u"_" + unicode(idx)
idx += 1
return path