Path Manipulation-3.615.914

Path Manipulation

Author: Kyobong An

Description

This plugin contains various functions to manipulate “filepathes”.

For detailed explanation of the base technology of this plugin, please refer to this link below.

https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.path.html

Need help?

Technical contact to tech@argos-labs.com

May you search all operations,

Required Input

Full file path of a file

Optional Input

Choose one of these operations – See below for usage and return value samples.

- abspath

- basename

- dirname

- exists

- expandvars

- getatime

- getmtime

- getctime

- getsize

Return Value

Select String - See chart below

When input is C:\Users\ARGOSLABS\Desktop\Temp\data.csv

Operations	Full Name	Output (Example)
abspath	Absolute path	C:\Users\ARGOSLABS\Desktop\Temp\data.csv
basename	Base name	data.csv
dirname	Directory name	C:\Users\ARGOSLABS\Desktop\Temp\
exists	Exists?	True/False
expandvars	Expand Environment Variable	see below
getatime	Get access time	date-time mm-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss
getmtime	Get modified time	date-time mm-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss
getctime	Get created time	date-time mm-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss
getsize	Get filesize	file size in bytes

Note: How to use “expandvars”

This function returns path that are stored in the environment variables in fully expanded format. For example, %appdata% will return C:\Users\ARGOSLABS\AppData\Roaming

Result Codes

0 for successful execution

1 for invalid input

9 for everything else

How to set parameters

Return Code

Code	Meaning
0	Execution successful
1	Open error
9	Other errors