pyspecdata.datadir

Allows the user to run the same code on different machines, even though the location of the raw spectral data might change.

This is controlled by the ~/.pyspecdata or ~/_pyspecdata config file.

Functions

dirformat(file)
find_registered_prefix_match(exp_type_path, ...)	Return the stored value corresponding to the best prefix match.
genconfig()	Create or edit the pyspecdata configuration file.
getDATADIR(*args, **kwargs)	Used to find a directory containing data in a way that works seamlessly across different computers (and operating systems).
get_notebook_dir(*args)	Returns the notebook directory.
grab_data_directory()
log_fname(logname, fname, dirname, exp_type)	logs the file name either used or missing into a csv file.
proc_data_target_dir(exp_type)	A convenience function for getting a data directory you're going to write data to.
rclone_search(fname, exp_type, dirname)
register_directory()	The shell command pyspecdata_register_dir WHICHDIR will register the directory WHICHDIR (substitute with the name of a directory on your computer) so that it can be automatically discovered by find_file() or search_filename() after executing this shell command you can use the exp_type argument of those commands where you only give the lowest level subdirectory (or the final couple subdirectories) that contains your data.
sort_config_sections(config_parser)	Alphabetize every section in the configuration parser.

Classes

MyConfig()	Provides an easy interface to the pyspecdata configuration file.
cached_searcher()