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  • Committer: Robert Collins
  • Date: 2006-06-26 16:23:10 UTC
  • mfrom: (1780.2.1 misc-fixen)
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  • Revision ID: robertc@robertcollins.net-20060626162310-98f5b55b8cc19d46
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The Transport API in bzrlib provides URL based access to network resources.
 
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   >>> import os
 
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   >>> from bzrlib.osutils import getcwd, dirname
 
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   >>> from bzrlib.urlutils import local_path_from_url
 
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   >>> import bzrlib.transport as transport
 
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   >>> root = transport.get_transport("file:///")
 
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   >>>
 
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Each Transport instance represents a single logical directory.
 
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   >>> dir = transport.get_transport(".")
 
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   >>> local_path_from_url(dir.base) == getcwd() + '/'
 
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   True
 
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You can change directories via the clone method:
 
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   >>> parent = dir.clone('..')
 
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   >>> local_path_from_url(parent.base) == (dirname(getcwd()).rstrip('/') + '/')
 
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   True