User directories

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User directories#

The h5rdmtoolbox uses a couple of local directories to store temporary files or manage cache files.

import h5rdmtoolbox as h5tbx

The UserDir variable manages the paths. The __repr__ indicates the different paths:

h5tbx.UserDir

DirManger(root, tmp, convention, layouts, repository, standard_name_tables, cache)

Examples#

Temporary files, e.g. created when empty h5tbx.File objects are created, will be put here:

h5tbx.UserDir['tmp']

PosixPath('/home/docs/.local/share/h5rdmtoolbox/2.6.2/tmp/tmp_1')

Let’s check it:

with h5tbx.File() as h5:
    filename = h5.hdf_filename
filename

PosixPath('/home/docs/.local/share/h5rdmtoolbox/2.6.2/tmp/tmp_1/tmp0.hdf')

Tokens for repositories, e.g. Zenodo, should be put here:

h5tbx.UserDir['repository']

PosixPath('/home/docs/.local/share/h5rdmtoolbox/2.6.2/repository')
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