Python OS actions created by alexhudici - https://repl.it/ILzI/19

Python OS actions.py

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#!/usr/bin/python

import json
import os
import time
import sys
import shutil

testdir = "/home/runner/testdir1"

# Create a link in the file system
def createLink(sourceDirectory, targetLink ):
    if not os.path.exists(sourceDirectory):
        os.makedirs(sourceDirectory)

    if not os.path.exists(targetLink):
        print("Creating link : " + sourceDirectory + "  --> " + targetLink + "\n")
        path,file = os.path.split(targetLink)
        if not os.path.exists(path):
            os.makedirs(path)
        os.symlink(sourceDirectory, targetLink)
    else:
        existingLink = os.readlink(sourceDirectory)
        if sourceDirectory == existingLink:
            print("File exists at " + targetLink + ".  This is ok.")
        else:
            return 1

    return 0

print(os.listdir(os.getcwd()))
print(os.listdir(testdir))

if os.path.exists(testdir):
  try:
    shutil.rmtree(testdir)
  except:
    print("durf")
  print("ih")
print(testdir + " exists after delete: " + str(os.path.exists(testdir)))
os.makedirs(testdir)
print(testdir + " exists after create: " + str(os.path.exists(testdir)))

os.makedirs(testdir + "/path1")
os.makedirs(testdir + "/path2")
os.makedirs(testdir + "/path3")
os.makedirs(testdir + "/path4")

print("after make ", os.listdir(testdir))
print("after make ", os.listdir("/home/runner"))

print(createLink(testdir + "/path2", testdir + "/path1"))
print("after path2->path1 ", os.listdir(testdir))
print(createLink(testdir + "/path5", testdir + "/path4"))
print("after path5 -> path4 ", os.listdir(testdir))