From 904396f6a5031c06790190a2d46df0ffe1b5af64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Armstrong <steven@icarus.ethz.ch>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:29:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] new method to create object on the file system
Signed-off-by: Steven Armstrong <steven@icarus.ethz.ch>
---
lib/cdist/core/object.py | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/lib/cdist/core/object.py b/lib/cdist/core/object.py
index f3099e1d..acef8079 100644
--- a/lib/cdist/core/object.py
+++ b/lib/cdist/core/object.py
@@ -102,3 +102,13 @@ class Object(object):
def exists(self):
"""Checks wether this cdist object exists on the file systems."""
return os.path.exists(self.absolute_path)
+
+ def create(self):
+ """Create this cdist object on the filesystem.
+ """
+ try:
+ os.makedirs(self.absolute_path, exist_ok=False)
+ absolute_parameter_path = os.path.join(self.base_path, self.parameter_path)
+ os.makedirs(absolute_parameter_path, exist_ok=False)
+ except EnvironmentError as error:
+ raise cdist.Error('Error creating directories for cdist object: %s: %s' % (self, error))