DIRAC.GetFile with wildcard

[fstagni]

(from Alexander Richards)

Exposed in the API is the 'getFile' method of API.Dirac. This it seams does work for a list of files but not for a wildcard. I note also that you have a method 'getFilesFromDirectory' in DataManagementSystem/Client/ReplicaManager.py.. This it seems is capable of accepting a wildcard. Would it be possible to have this exposed in the API or the getFile method to include wildcards?

[atsareg]

getFilesFromDirectory() attempts to load all the files from the directory and recursively from subdirectories. I guess this is not the desired behaviour. One wants to have:

Dirac.getFile('/lhcb/user/p/pupkin/*')

to get all the files in the directory /lhcb/user/p/pupkin but not its subdirectories.
What about more precise wild cards, like:

Dirac.getFile('/lhcb/user/p/pupkin/*.root')

is it desired or not ?

[fstagni]

Yes, I believe your examples are the desired behaviour.

[alexanderrichards]

yes ideally the full range of wildcard functionality would be desirable similar to fnmatch

e.g.
' * '
' *.root '
' file?.root '

etc:
http://docs.python.org/2/library/fnmatch.html

Cheers
Alex

[alexanderrichards]

hi @fstagni has this been closed because it has now been implemented as we (ganga) are still after this feature.

Cheers
Alex

[fstagni]

Oops closed by mistake.