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filehandlers

filehandlers is a library for working with files.

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PyPI Package filehandlers

Concept​

filehandlers is built on a simple model.

File​

A file is represented with an instance of filehandlers.AbstractFile.

Initializing an AbstractFile

The file doesn't need to exist when creating an instance of AbstractFile.

Manipulation​

Now, say you want to change that file... that is where filehandlers.FileManipulator comes in. You need to pass the AbstractFile instance when creating a FileManipulator so filehandlers knows exactly which file it is controlling.

The manipulator includes code for a number of common functions that you may find handy.

Simple Example​

Here is a quick example that shows how to use filehandlers to write to a file:

from filehandlers import FileManipulator, AbstractFile

# define the file
my_cool_file = AbstractFile("log.txt")

# create FileManipulator
my_cool_files_changer = FileManipulator(my_cool_file)

# write data to file 5 times
for i in range(5):
    my_cool_files_changer.write_to_file("Message #" + i + ": " + debug_message)

You can see the full API documentation here.

Source​

The source can be found on GitHub.