cement.utils.fs

Common File System Utilities.

cement.utils.fs.abspath(path)

Return an absolute path, while also expanding the ‘~’ user directory shortcut.

Parameters:path – The original path to expand. Return type:str

cement.utils.fs.backup(path, suffix='.bak')

Rename a file or directory safely without overwriting an existing backup of the same name.

Parameters:

• path – The path to the file or directory to make a backup of.
• suffix – The suffix to rename files with.

Returns:

The new path of backed up file/directory

Return type:

str