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Helper to replace parts of a file with corresponding values
import os
from string import Template
def configure_file(template_filename, out, **kwargs):
"""Rewrites placeholders within the file according to the given argument
The file specified by template_filename is read. Occurences of template values (e.g. identifiers prefixed with '$',
for more details see string.Template) are replaced with the corresponding keyword argument value. The resulting file
is written to out. If out is a directory, the template's filename is stripped of the '.in' extension and used as
the output's filename.
@param template_filename: The filename of the template to use. It must end with '.in'. The file must be readable.
@param out: A directory or file to write the configured file to.
@param kwargs: Keyword arguments are used to template the file.
"""
if not os.path.isfile(template_filename):
raise ValueError('Template file does not exist')
if not (os.path.splitext(template_filename)[1] == '.in' and os.path.isfile(template_filename)):
raise ValueError('Given file is not a template file')
if not os.access(template_filename, os.R_OK):
raise ValueError('Cannot read template file')
if not os.access(out, os.W_OK):
raise ValueError('Cannot write output file')
if os.path.isdir(out):
output_path = os.path.join(out, os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(template_filename))[0])
elif os.path.isfile(out):
output_path = out
else:
raise ValueError('Out is neither a directory nor a file.')
template = None
with open(template_filename, 'r') as template_file:
template = Template(template_file.read())
assert(template)
output_path = os.path.join(outdir, os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(template_filename))[0])
with open(output_path, 'w') as output_file:
output_file.write(template.substitute(kwargs))
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