Geografic-Information-System/gui/wxpython/startup/utils.py

"""
@package startup.utils

@brief General GUI-independent utilities for GUI startup of GRASS GIS

(C) 2017-2018 by Vaclav Petras the GRASS Development Team

This program is free software under the GNU General Public License
(>=v2). Read the file COPYING that comes with GRASS for details.

@author Vaclav Petras <wenzeslaus gmail com>

This file should not use (import) anything from GUI code (wx or wxGUI).
This can potentially be part of the Python library (i.e. it needs to
solve the errors etc. in a general manner).
"""


import os
import tempfile
import getpass
import sys


def get_possible_database_path():
    """Looks for directory 'grassdata' (case-insensitive) in standard
    locations to detect existing GRASS Database.

    Returns the path as a string or None if nothing was found.
    """
    home = os.path.expanduser("~")

    # try some common directories for grassdata
    candidates = [
        home,
        os.path.join(home, "Documents"),
    ]

    # find possible database path
    for candidate in candidates:
        if os.path.exists(candidate):
            for subdir in next(os.walk(candidate))[1]:
                if "grassdata" in subdir.lower():
                    return os.path.join(candidate, subdir)
    return None


def create_database_directory():
    """Creates the standard GRASS GIS directory.
    Creates database directory named grassdata in the standard location
    according to the platform.

    Returns the new path as a string or None if nothing was found or created.
    """
    home = os.path.expanduser("~")

    # Determine the standard path according to the platform
    if sys.platform == "win32":
        path = os.path.join(home, "Documents", "grassdata")
    else:
        path = os.path.join(home, "grassdata")

    # Create "grassdata" directory
    try:
        os.mkdir(path)
        return path
    except OSError:
        pass

    # Create a temporary "grassdata" directory if GRASS is running
    # in some special environment and the standard directories
    # cannot be created which might be the case in some "try out GRASS"
    # use cases.
    path = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), "grassdata_{}".format(getpass.getuser()))

    # The created tmp is not cleaned by GRASS, so we are relying on
    # the system to do it at some point. The positive outcome is that
    # another GRASS instance will find the data created by the first
    # one which is desired in the "try out GRASS" use case we are
    # aiming towards."
    if os.path.exists(path):
        return path
    try:
        os.mkdir(path)
        return path
    except OSError:
        pass

    return None