assert string.startswith(prefix)
return string[len(prefix):]
+def strip_suffix(suffix, string):
+ """Return string, without the suffix. Blow up if string doesn't
+ end with suffix."""
+ assert string.endswith(suffix)
+ return string[:-len(suffix)]
+
def remove_dirs(basedir, dirs):
"""Starting at join(basedir, dirs), remove the directory if empty,
and try the same with its parent, until we find a nonempty
def create_dirs(directory):
"""Create the given directory, if the path doesn't already exist."""
- if directory:
+ if directory and not os.path.isdir(directory):
create_dirs(os.path.dirname(directory))
try:
os.mkdir(directory)