from __future__ import absolute_import import os import shutil import tempfile # stub file paths files = [ ("foo.txt",), ( "foo", "bar.txt", ), ( "foo", "bar", "fleem.txt", ), ( "foobar", "fleem.txt", ), ("bar.txt",), ( "nested_tree", "bar", "fleem.txt", ), ("readonly.txt",), ] def create_empty_stub(): tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp() return tempdir def create_stub(tempdir=None): """create a stub directory""" tempdir = tempdir or tempfile.mkdtemp() try: for path in files: fullpath = os.path.join(tempdir, *path) dirname = os.path.dirname(fullpath) if not os.path.exists(dirname): os.makedirs(dirname) contents = path[-1] f = open(fullpath, "w") f.write(contents) f.close() return tempdir except Exception: try: shutil.rmtree(tempdir) except Exception: pass raise