idmtools.utils.file module

utilities for files.

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idmtools.utils.file.scan_directory(basedir: str, recursive: bool = True, ignore_directories: List[str] | None = None) → Iterable[DirEntry]

Scan a directory recursively or not.

Parameters:

• basedir – The root directory to start from.

• recursive – True to search the sub-folders recursively; False to stay in the root directory.

• ignore_directories – Ignore directories

Returns:

An iterator yielding all the files found.

idmtools.utils.file.file_contents_to_generator(filename, chunk_size=128) → Generator[bytearray, None, None]

Create a generator from file contents in chunks(useful for streaming binary data and piping).

Parameters:

• filename –

• chunk_size –

Returns:

Generator that return bytes in chunks of size chunk_size