From: Michael Orlitzky <michael@orlitzky.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:07:11 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: Added the find_file_paths function to the FileUtils module.
X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.michael.orlitzky.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=226986f4ad9de637ec22b5ee1436f0a365aaf808;p=dead%2Fcensus-tools.git

Added the find_file_paths function to the FileUtils module.
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diff --git a/src/FileUtils.py b/src/FileUtils.py
index 2b89adf..cf2df4e 100644
--- a/src/FileUtils.py
+++ b/src/FileUtils.py
@@ -27,3 +27,24 @@ def mkdir_p(path, mode):
     except:
         pass
     
+
+
+def find_file_paths(root, target_filename, return_first = False):
+    """
+    Search beneath root for files named target_filename. If
+    return_first is True, then return as soon as a match is
+    found. Otherwise, return once all matching paths have been
+    found. Either way, the result is a list containing all matched
+    paths (even if we only matched one).
+    """
+    found_files = []
+    
+    for folder, subfolders, files in os.walk(root):
+        for f in files:
+            if (f == target_filename):
+                if return_first:
+                    return [os.path.join(folder, f)]
+                else:
+                    found_files.append(os.path.join(folder, f))
+
+    return found_files