canopy_macro.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import os
import fnmatch as fn

FILTER = '*.log'
PATH = '//fs_02/2016$/618616/PLTW Sftw Engineering/Python'

def run():
    log = '"' + get_last_log(PATH) + '"'
    command = u'%logstart -ort ' + log + ' append'
    get_active_task().python_pane.execute_command(command)

def get_logs(path):
    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
        for f in fn.filter(files, FILTER):
            yield root + '/' + f
            
def get_last_log(path):
    """get the most recently edited log file
       Keyword arguments:
       path -- the path of the working directory
    """
    return max(get_logs(path), key=os.path.getmtime).replace('\\', '/')