madgraph.various.misc

Module misc

A set of functions performing routine administrative I/O tasks.

Classes

BackRead
read a file returning the lines in reverse order for each call of readline() This actually just reads blocks (4096 bytes by default) of data from the end of the file and returns last line in an internal buffer.

open_file
a convinient class to open a file

Functions

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parse_info_str(fsock)
Parse a newline separated list of "param=value" as a dictionnary

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get_pkg_info(info_str=None)
Returns the current version information of the MadGraph package, as written in the VERSION text file.

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get_time_info()
Returns the present time info for use in MG5 command history header.

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which(program)

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nice_representation(var, nb_space=0)
Return nice information on the current variable

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compile(arg=[], cwd=None, mode='fortran', **opt)
compile a given directory source code

check_system_error(value=1)

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call(arg, *args, **opt)
nice way to call an external program with nice error treatment

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Popen(arg, *args, **opt)
nice way to call an external program with nice error treatment

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tail(f, n, offset=None)
Reads a n lines from f with an offset of offset lines.

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get_last_line(fsock)
return the last line of a file

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is_executable(path)
check if a path is executable

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Variables

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logger = logging.getLogger('cmdprint.ext_program')

__package__ = 'madgraph.various'

Function Details

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get_pkg_info(info_str=None)

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Returns the current version information of the MadGraph package, as written in the VERSION text file. If the file cannot be found, a dictionary with empty values is returned. As an option, an info string can be passed to be read instead of the file content.

call(arg, *args, **opt)

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nice way to call an external program with nice error treatment

Decorators:

@check_system_error()

Popen(arg, *args, **opt)

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nice way to call an external program with nice error treatment

Decorators:

@check_system_error()

tail(f, n, offset=None)

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Reads a n lines from f with an offset of offset lines. The return value is a tuple in the form ``lines``.