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:mod:`dircache` --- Cached directory listings
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.. module:: dircache
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:synopsis: Return directory listing, with cache mechanism.
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.. sectionauthor:: Moshe Zadka <moshez@zadka.site.co.il>
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The :mod:`dircache` module defines a function for reading directory listing
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using a cache, and cache invalidation using the *mtime* of the directory.
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Additionally, it defines a function to annotate directories by appending a
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slash.
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The :mod:`dircache` module defines the following functions:
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.. function:: reset()
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Resets the directory cache.
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.. function:: listdir(path)
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Return a directory listing of *path*, as gotten from :func:`os.listdir`. Note
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that unless *path* changes, further call to :func:`listdir` will not re-read the
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directory structure.
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Note that the list returned should be regarded as read-only. (Perhaps a future
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version should change it to return a tuple?)
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.. function:: opendir(path)
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Same as :func:`listdir`. Defined for backwards compatibility.
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.. function:: annotate(head, list)
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Assume *list* is a list of paths relative to *head*, and append, in place, a
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``'/'`` to each path which points to a directory.
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::
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>>> import dircache
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>>> a = dircache.listdir('/')
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>>> a = a[:] # Copy the return value so we can change 'a'
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>>> a
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['bin', 'boot', 'cdrom', 'dev', 'etc', 'floppy', 'home', 'initrd', 'lib', 'lost+
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found', 'mnt', 'proc', 'root', 'sbin', 'tmp', 'usr', 'var', 'vmlinuz']
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>>> dircache.annotate('/', a)
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>>> a
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['bin/', 'boot/', 'cdrom/', 'dev/', 'etc/', 'floppy/', 'home/', 'initrd/', 'lib/
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', 'lost+found/', 'mnt/', 'proc/', 'root/', 'sbin/', 'tmp/', 'usr/', 'var/', 'vm
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linuz']
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