comparison scripts/comment_parser.py @ 1066:a2a245542ae6

Scripts: test if folder name (default or provided via command line) exists

 
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 import os
 import csv
 
-# XML results files location (modify as needed):
-folder_name = "../saves"    # Looks in 'saves/' folder from 'scripts/' folder
+
+# COMMAND LINE ARGUMENTS
+
+assert len(sys.argv)<3, "comment_parser takes at most 1 command line argument\n"+\
+                        "Use: python score_parser.py [rating_folder_location]"
+
+# XML results files location
+if len(sys.argv) == 1:
+    folder_name = "../saves"    # Looks in 'saves/' folder from 'scripts/' folder
+    print "Use: python  comment_parser.py [XML_files_location]"
+    print "Using default path: " + folder_name
+elif len(sys.argv) == 2:
+    folder_name = sys.argv[1]   # First command line argument is folder
+
+# check if folder_name exists
+if not os.path.exists(folder_name):
+    #the file is not there
+    print "Folder '"+folder_name+"' does not exist."
+    sys.exit() # terminate script execution
+elif not os.access(os.path.dirname(folder_name), os.W_OK):
+    #the file does exist but write privileges are not given
+    print "No write privileges in folder '"+folder_name+"'."
+
+
+# CODE
 
 # get every XML file in folder
 for file in os.listdir(folder_name): 
     if file.endswith(".xml"):
         tree = ET.parse(folder_name + '/' + file)