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- """Read and cache directory listings.
-
- The listdir() routine returns a sorted list of the files in a directory,
- using a cache to avoid reading the directory more often than necessary.
- The annotate() routine appends slashes to directories."""
-
- import os
-
- cache = {}
-
- def listdir(path):
- """List directory contents, using cache."""
- try:
- cached_mtime, list = cache[path]
- del cache[path]
- except KeyError:
- cached_mtime, list = -1, []
- try:
- mtime = os.stat(path)[8]
- except os.error:
- return []
- if mtime <> cached_mtime:
- try:
- list = os.listdir(path)
- except os.error:
- return []
- list.sort()
- cache[path] = mtime, list
- return list
-
- opendir = listdir # XXX backward compatibility
-
- def annotate(head, list):
- """Add '/' suffixes to directories."""
- for i in range(len(list)):
- if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(head, list[i])):
- list[i] = list[i] + '/'
-