slidegen/utils/path.py

# Copyright © 2024 Noah Vogt <noah@noahvogt.com>

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from os import path
from .log import error_msg


def expand_dir(directory: str) -> str:
    expanded_user_dir = path.expanduser(directory)
    expanded_user_and_env_vars_dir = path.expandvars(expanded_user_dir)
    abs_path = path.abspath(expanded_user_and_env_vars_dir)
    return abs_path


def make_sure_file_exists(filename: str) -> None:
    if not path.isfile(filename):
        try:
            with open(filename, mode="w+", encoding="utf-8") as file_creator:
                file_creator.write("")
        except (FileNotFoundError, PermissionError, IOError) as error:
            error_msg(
                "Failed to create file in '{}'. Reason: {}".format(
                    filename, error
                )
            )