AutomateTheBoringStuff.Ch09 package

Subpackages

• AutomateTheBoringStuff.Ch09.Projects package
  • Submodules
  • AutomateTheBoringStuff.Ch09.Projects.P1_selectiveCopy module
  • AutomateTheBoringStuff.Ch09.Projects.P2_deleteBigFiles module
  • AutomateTheBoringStuff.Ch09.Projects.P3_fillGaps module
  • AutomateTheBoringStuff.Ch09.Projects.P4_makeGaps module
  • Module contents

Submodules

AutomateTheBoringStuff.Ch09.P1_delete module

Delete

This program permanently deletes files ending with a .txt extension in the current directory using os.

Note

Demonstrates testing/debugging using comments.

AutomateTheBoringStuff.Ch09.P1_delete.main()

AutomateTheBoringStuff.Ch09.P2_tree module

Tree

This program walks a directory tree and prints the contents.

Note

Walks the ./delicious directory.

AutomateTheBoringStuff.Ch09.P2_tree.main()

AutomateTheBoringStuff.Ch09.P3_zipfile module

ZIP file

This program manipulates a compressed file using zipfile and os.

Note

Works with provided ZIP file example.zip.

AutomateTheBoringStuff.Ch09.P3_zipfile.main()

AutomateTheBoringStuff.Ch09.P4_renameDates module

Rename dates

Renames filenames with American MM-DD-YYYY date format to European DD-MM-YYYY date format.

Uses os to get the list of files, re to find the files with the American date format, and shutil to rename them.

Note

• Assumes only files with American date format are in the folder. May also match files with European date format.
• Using debug mode: Prints out files to be renamed. Uncomment to rename files.

AutomateTheBoringStuff.Ch09.P4_renameDates.main()

AutomateTheBoringStuff.Ch09.P5_backupToZip module

P5_backupToZip.py

Implements a function that copies an entire folder and its contents into a ZIP file whose filename increments.

Note

Uses provided ./delicious folder as a demonstration.

AutomateTheBoringStuff.Ch09.P5_backupToZip.backupToZip(folder: str) → None

Backup to ZIP

Copies given folder and its contents into a ZIP file with the name folder_#.zip, where folder is the given folder and # is an incremented integer starting from 1.

Parameters:folder – String with path to folder that is to be archived. Function automatically converts to absolute path, so relative paths are okay. Returns:None. Prints status updates and creates ZIP file in same folder as given folder.

AutomateTheBoringStuff.Ch09.P5_backupToZip.main()

Module contents