#! /usr/bin/env python # encoding: utf-8 # Thomas Nagy, 2014 (ita) """ This module enables automatic handling of network paths of the form \\server\share for both input and output files. While a typical script may require the following:: import os def build(bld): node = bld.root.make_node('\\\\COMPUTER\\share\\test.txt') # mark the server/share levels as folders k = node.parent while k: k.cache_isdir = True k = k.parent # clear the file if removed if not os.path.isfile(node.abspath()): node.sig = None # create the folder structure if node.parent.height() > 2: node.parent.mkdir() # then the task generator def myfun(tsk): tsk.outputs[0].write("data") bld(rule=myfun, source='wscript', target=[nd]) this tool will make the process much easier, for example:: from waflib.extras import unc def build(bld): def myfun(tsk): tsk.outputs[0].write("data") bld(rule=myfun, update_outputs=True, source='wscript', target='\\\\COMPUTER\\share\\test.txt') bld(rule=myfun, update_outputs=True, source='\\\\COMPUTER\\share\\test.txt', target='\\\\COMPUTER\\share\\test2.txt') """ import os from waflib import Node, Utils def find_resource(self, lst): if isinstance(lst, str): lst = [x for x in Node.split_path(lst) if x and x != '.'] if lst[0].startswith('\\\\'): if len(lst) < 3: return None node = self.ctx.root.make_node(lst[0]).make_node(lst[1]) node.cache_isdir = True node.parent.cache_isdir = True ret = node.search_node(lst[2:]) if not ret: ret = node.find_node(lst[2:]) if ret and os.path.isdir(ret.abspath()): return None return ret return self.find_resource_orig(lst) def find_or_declare(self, lst): if isinstance(lst, str): lst = [x for x in Node.split_path(lst) if x and x != '.'] if lst[0].startswith('\\\\'): if len(lst) < 3: return None node = self.ctx.root.make_node(lst[0]).make_node(lst[1]) node.cache_isdir = True node.parent.cache_isdir = True ret = node.find_node(lst[2:]) if not ret: ret = node.make_node(lst[2:]) if not os.path.isfile(ret.abspath()): ret.sig = None ret.parent.mkdir() return ret return self.find_or_declare_orig(lst) def abspath(self): """For MAX_PATH limitations""" ret = self.abspath_orig() if not ret.startswith("\\"): return "\\\\?\\" + ret return ret if Utils.is_win32: Node.Node.find_resource_orig = Node.Node.find_resource Node.Node.find_resource = find_resource Node.Node.find_or_declare_orig = Node.Node.find_or_declare Node.Node.find_or_declare = find_or_declare Node.Node.abspath_orig = Node.Node.abspath Node.Node.abspath = abspath