Lib/plat-os2emx/grp.py

# this module is an OS/2 oriented replacement for the grp standard
# extension module.

# written by Andrew MacIntyre, April 2001.
# released into the public domain "as is", with NO WARRANTY

# note that this implementation checks whether ":" or ";" as used as 
# the field separator character.

"""Replacement for grp standard extension module, intended for use on 
OS/2 and similar systems which don't normally have an /etc/group file.

The standard Unix group database is an ASCII text file with 4 fields per
record (line), separated by a colon:
  - group name (string)
  - group password (optional encrypted string)
  - group id (integer)
  - group members (comma delimited list of userids, with no spaces)

Note that members are only included in the group file for groups that 
aren't their primary groups.
(see the section 8.2 of the Python Library Reference)

This implementation differs from the standard Unix implementation by 
allowing use of the platform's native path separator character - ';' on OS/2, 
DOS and MS-Windows - as the field separator in addition to the Unix 
standard ":".

The module looks for the group database at the following locations 
(in order first to last):
  - ${ETC_GROUP}              (or %ETC_GROUP%)
  - ${ETC}/group              (or %ETC%/group)
  - ${PYTHONHOME}/Etc/group   (or %PYTHONHOME%/Etc/group)

Classes
-------

None

Functions
---------

getgrgid(gid) -  return the record for group-id gid as a 4-tuple

getgrnam(name) - return the record for group 'name' as a 4-tuple

getgrall() -     return a list of 4-tuples, each tuple being one record
                 (NOTE: the order is arbitrary)

Attributes
----------

group_file -     the path of the group database file

"""

import os

# try and find the group file
__group_path = []
if os.environ.has_key('ETC_GROUP'):
    __group_path.append(os.environ['ETC_GROUP'])
if os.environ.has_key('ETC'):
    __group_path.append('%s/group' % os.environ['ETC'])
if os.environ.has_key('PYTHONHOME'):
    __group_path.append('%s/Etc/group' % os.environ['PYTHONHOME'])

group_file = None
for __i in __group_path:
    try:
        __f = open(__i, 'r')
        __f.close()
        group_file = __i
        break
    except:
        pass

# decide what field separator we can try to use - Unix standard, with
# the platform's path separator as an option.  No special field conversion
# handlers are required for the group file.
__field_sep = [':']
if os.pathsep:
    if os.pathsep != ':':
        __field_sep.append(os.pathsep)

# helper routine to identify which separator character is in use
def __get_field_sep(record):
    fs = None
    for c in __field_sep:
        # there should be 3 delimiter characters (for 4 fields)
        if record.count(c) == 3:
            fs = c
            break
    if fs:
        return fs
    else:
        raise KeyError, '>> group database fields not delimited <<'

# read the whole file, parsing each entry into tuple form
# with dictionaries to speed recall by GID or group name
def __read_group_file():
    if group_file:
        group = open(group_file, 'r')
    else:
        raise KeyError, '>> no group database <<'
    gidx = {}
    namx = {}
    sep = None
    while 1:
        entry = group.readline().strip()
        if len(entry) > 3:
            if sep == None:
                sep = __get_field_sep(entry)
            fields = entry.split(sep)
            fields[2] = int(fields[2])
            record = tuple(fields)
            if not gidx.has_key(fields[2]):
                gidx[fields[2]] = record
            if not namx.has_key(fields[0]):
                namx[fields[0]] = record
        elif len(entry) > 0:
            pass                         # skip empty or malformed records
        else:
            break
    group.close()
    if len(gidx) == 0:
        raise KeyError
    return (gidx, namx)

# return the group database entry by GID
def getgrgid(gid):
    g, n = __read_group_file()
    return g[gid]

# return the group database entry by group name
def getgrnam(name):
    g, n = __read_group_file()
    return n[name]

# return all the group database entries
def getgrall():
    g, n = __read_group_file()
    return g.values()

# test harness
if __name__ == '__main__':
    getgrall()