root
/
flask
mirror of https://github.com/pallets/flask.git
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Actions 1 Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

Updated docstring

This commit is contained in:
Armin Ronacher 2011-08-10 23:25:33 +02:00
parent c3844d1102
commit 1d6f86bc87
1 changed files with 10 additions and 4 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

14
flask/helpers.py
View File

@ -466,23 +466,29 @@ def send_from_directory(directory, filename, **options):
return send_file(filename, conditional=True, **options)
def get_root_path(name):
def get_root_path(import_name):
"""Returns the path to a package or cwd if that cannot be found. This
returns the path of a package or the folder that contains a module.
Not to be confused with the package path returned by :func:`find_package`.
"""
__import__(import_name)
try:
return os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.modules[name].__file__))
except (KeyError, AttributeError):
directory = os.path.dirname(sys.modules[import_name].__file__)
return os.path.abspath(directory)
except AttributeError:
return os.getcwd()
def find_package(import_name):
"""Finds a package and returns the prefix (or None if the package is
not installed) as well as the folder that contains the package or
module as a tuple.
module as a tuple. The package path returned is the module that would
have to be added to the pythonpath in order to make it possible to
import the module. The prefix is the path below which a UNIX like
folder structure exists (lib, share etc.).
"""
__import__(import_name)
root_mod = sys.modules[import_name.split('.')[0]]
package_path = getattr(root_mod, '__file__', None)
if package_path is None: