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A pushd/popd context for Python scripts
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"""A Python context to move in and out of directories. | |
Copyright 2016-2020, Howard Hamilton. | |
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and | |
associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, in- | |
cluding without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, | |
and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do | |
so, subject to the following conditions: | |
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial | |
portions of the Software. | |
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT | |
NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGE- | |
MENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER | |
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNEC- | |
TION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. | |
""" | |
import os | |
from contextlib import contextmanager | |
@contextmanager | |
def pushd(new_dir): | |
previous_dir = os.getcwd() | |
os.chdir(new_dir) | |
try: | |
yield | |
finally: | |
os.chdir(previous_dir) |
That's a good idea. So added.
Per requests, I've added a MIT License statement to the code snippet.
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If you want to handle exceptions: