1 """Common utility functions
5 Copyright (C) 2005, Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@gmail.com>
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21 def read_string(filename
, multiline
= False):
22 """Reads the first line from a file
24 f
= file(filename
, 'r')
28 result
= f
.readline().strip()
32 def write_string(filename
, line
, multiline
= False):
33 """Writes 'line' to file and truncates it
35 f
= file(filename
, 'w+')
42 def append_strings(filename
, lines
):
43 """Appends 'lines' sequence to file
45 f
= file(filename
, 'a+')
50 def append_string(filename
, line
):
51 """Appends 'line' to file
53 f
= file(filename
, 'a+')
57 def insert_string(filename
, line
):
58 """Inserts 'line' at the beginning of the file
60 f
= file(filename
, 'r+')
62 f
.seek(0); f
.truncate()
67 def create_empty_file(name
):
68 """Creates an empty file
70 file(name
, 'w+').close()