41 lines
874 B
Go
41 lines
874 B
Go
// Helpers for dealing with file paths and their contents
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package pathorcontents
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import (
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"io/ioutil"
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"os"
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"github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
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)
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// If the argument is a path, Read loads it and returns the contents,
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// otherwise the argument is assumed to be the desired contents and is simply
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// returned.
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//
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// The boolean second return value can be called `wasPath` - it indicates if a
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// path was detected and a file loaded.
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func Read(poc string) (string, bool, error) {
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if len(poc) == 0 {
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return poc, false, nil
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}
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path := poc
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if path[0] == '~' {
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var err error
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path, err = homedir.Expand(path)
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if err != nil {
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return path, true, err
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}
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}
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if _, err := os.Stat(path); err == nil {
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contents, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
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if err != nil {
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return string(contents), true, err
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}
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return string(contents), true, nil
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}
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return poc, false, nil
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}
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