package pathutil import ( "fmt" "os" "path/filepath" "strings" ) // Unique eliminates the duplicate paths from the provided slice and returns // the result. The items in the output slice are in the order in which they // occur in the input slice. If a `home` location is provided, the paths are // expanded using the `ExpandHome` function. func Unique(paths []string, home string) []string { var ( uniq []string registry = map[string]struct{}{} ) for _, p := range paths { p = ExpandHome(p, home) if p != "" && filepath.IsAbs(p) { if _, ok := registry[p]; ok { continue } registry[p] = struct{}{} uniq = append(uniq, p) } } return uniq } // Create returns a suitable location relative to which the file with the // specified `name` can be written. The first path from the provided `paths` // slice which is successfully created (or already exists) is used as a base // path for the file. The `name` parameter should contain the name of the file // which is going to be written in the location returned by this function, but // it can also contain a set of parent directories, which will be created // relative to the selected parent path. func Create(name string, paths []string) (string, error) { var searchedPaths []string for _, p := range paths { p = filepath.Join(p, name) dir := filepath.Dir(p) if Exists(dir) { return p, nil } if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, os.ModeDir|0700); err == nil { return p, nil } searchedPaths = append(searchedPaths, dir) } return "", fmt.Errorf("could not create any of the following paths: %s", strings.Join(searchedPaths, ", ")) } // Search searches for the file with the specified `name` in the provided // slice of `paths`. The `name` parameter must contain the name of the file, // but it can also contain a set of parent directories. func Search(name string, paths []string) (string, error) { var searchedPaths []string for _, p := range paths { p = filepath.Join(p, name) if Exists(p) { return p, nil } searchedPaths = append(searchedPaths, filepath.Dir(p)) } return "", fmt.Errorf("could not locate `%s` in any of the following paths: %s", filepath.Base(name), strings.Join(searchedPaths, ", ")) }