I try to find a solution for the following problems but can't find any good solution.
I have a folder with subfolder and files in it.
Some of the files may be in use by another process (the other process is writing data to the data (a .mdf file)).
I simply want to check if the files are in use or not.
Structure:
A_Folder
Setup
Data1
.mdf-file1
.mdf-file2
Data2
Data3
Evaluation
something like:
def file_in_use():
*your solution*
for file in folder:
if file_in_use(file):
print("file in use")
break
I'm Using Win10, PyCharm and a venv.
I tried so far form other "solutions":
psutil (works, but is too slow)
open(), os.rename - won't work for me
subprocess wont work either -cant find my filename: using the method from Amit
Gupta from my link down below, file looks like this: "C:\Data\S_t_h\S-t-h\H001.mdf"
basically I tried everything from this question:
Check if a file is not open nor being used by another process
from subprocess import check_output, Popen, PIPE
src = r"C:\Data\S_t_h\S-t-h\H001.mdf"
files_in_use = False
def file_in_use(src):
try:
lsout = Popen(['lsof', src], stdout=PIPE, shell=False)
check_output(["grep", src], stdin=lsout.stdout, shell=False)
except:
return False
return True
if file_in_use(src):
files_in_use = True
and im getting:
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified
this link suggesting setting
winerror-2-the-system-cannot-find-the-file-specified-python
shell=True
Im getting "lsof" and "grep" cant be found or are wrong now.
Here the psutil method that works for me, but is too slow (~10 Seconds)
import psutil
src = r"C:\Data\S_t_h\S-t-h\H001.mdf"
def has_handle(src):
for proc in psutil.process_iter():
try:
for item in proc.open_files():
if src == item.path:
return True
except Exception:
pass
return False
print(has_handle(src))
My Solution:
Sorry for the delayed answer.
It simply worked with:
try:
os.rename(src, src)
return False
except OSError: # file is in use
return True
I made it more complicated than it actually was i guess.
But thank you guys anyway for your feedback and critizism.
I'm studying vCenter 6.5 and community samples help a lot, but in this particular situation I can't figure out, what's going on. The script:
from __future__ import with_statement
import atexit
from tools import cli
from pyVim import connect
from pyVmomi import vim, vmodl
def get_args():
*Boring args parsing works*
return args
def main():
args = get_args()
try:
service_instance = connect.SmartConnectNoSSL(host=args.host,
user=args.user,
pwd=args.password,
port=int(args.port))
atexit.register(connect.Disconnect, service_instance)
content = service_instance.RetrieveContent()
vm = content.searchIndex.FindByUuid(None, args.vm_uuid, True)
creds = vim.vm.guest.NamePasswordAuthentication(
username=args.vm_user, password=args.vm_pwd
)
try:
pm = content.guestOperationsManager.processManager
ps = vim.vm.guest.ProcessManager.ProgramSpec(
programPath=args.path_to_program,
arguments=args.program_arguments
)
res = pm.StartProgramInGuest(vm, creds, ps)
if res > 0:
print "Program executed, PID is %d" % res
except IOError, e:
print e
except vmodl.MethodFault as error:
print "Caught vmodl fault : " + error.msg
return -1
return 0
# Start program
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
When I execute it in console, it successfully connects to the target virtual machine and prints
Program executed, PID is 2036
In task manager I see process with mentioned PID, it was created by the correct user, but there is no GUI of the process (calc.exe). RMB click does not allow to "Expand" the process.
I suppose, that this process was created with special parameters, maybe in different session.
In addition, I tried to run batch file to check if it actually executes, but the answer is no, batch file does not execute.
Any help, advices, clues would be awesome.
P.S. I tried other scripts and successfully transferred a file to the VM.
P.P.S. Sorry for my English.
Update: All such processes start in session 0.
Have you tried interactiveSession ?
https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi/blob/master/docs/vim/vm/guest/GuestAuthentication.rst
This boolean argument passed to NamePasswordAuthentication and means the following:
This is set to true if the client wants an interactive session in the guest.
I am trying to create a secure (e.g., SSL/HTTPS) XML-RPC Client Server. The client-server part works perfectly when the required certificates are present on my system; however, when I try to create the certificates during execution, I receive a FileNotFoundError when opening the ssl-wrapped socket even though the certificates are clearly present (because the preceding function created them.)
Why is the FileNotFoundError given when the files are present? (If I simply close and restart the python script no error is produced when opening the socket and everything works with no issue whatsoever.)
I've searched elsewhere for solutions, but the best/closest answer I've found is, perhaps, "race conditions" between creating the certificates and opening them. However, I've tried adding "sleep" to alleviate the possibility of race conditions (as well as running each function individually via a user input menu) with the same error every time.
What I am missing?
Here is a snippet of my code:
import os
import threading
import ssl
from xmlrpc.server import SimpleXMLRPCServer
import certs.gencert as gencert # <---- My python module for generating certs
...
rootDomain = "mydomain"
CERTFILE = "certs/mydomain.cert"
KEYFILE = "certs/mydomain.key"
...
def listenNow(ipAdd, portNum, serverCert, serverKey):
# Create XMLRPC Server, based on ipAdd/port received
server = SimpleXMLRPCServer((ipAdd, portNum))
# **THIS** is what causes the FileNotFoundError ONLY if
# the certificates are created during THE SAME execution
# of the program.
server.socket = ssl.wrap_socket(server.socket,
certfile=serverCert,
keyfile=serverKey,
do_handshake_on_connect=True,
server_side=True)
...
# Start server listening [forever]
server.serve_forever()
...
# Verify Certificates are present; if not present,
# create new certificates
def verifyCerts():
# If cert or key file not present, create new certs
if not os.path.isfile(CERTFILE) or not os.path.isfile(KEYFILE):
# NOTE: This [genert] will create certificates matching
# the file names listed in CERTFILE and KEYFILE at the top
gencert.gencert(rootDomain)
print("Certfile(s) NOT present; new certs created.")
else:
print("Certfiles Verified Present")
# Start a thread to run server connection as a daemon
def startServer(hostIP, serverPort):
# Verify certificates present prior to starting server
verifyCerts()
# Now, start thread
t = threading.Thread(name="ServerDaemon",
target=listenNow,
args=(hostIP,
serverPort,
CERTFILE,
KEYFILE
)
)
t.daemon = True
t.start()
if __name__ == '__main__':
startServer("127.0.0.1", 12345)
time.sleep(60) # <--To allow me to connect w/client before closing
When I run the above, with NO certificates present, this is the error I receive:
$ python3 test.py
Certfile(s) NOT present; new certs created.
Exception in thread ServerDaemon:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/threading.py", line 914, in _bootstrap_inner
self.run()
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/threading.py", line 862, in run
self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
File "test.py", line 41, in listenNow
server_side=True)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/ssl.py", line 1069, in wrap_socket
ciphers=ciphers)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/ssl.py", line 691, in __init__
self._context.load_cert_chain(certfile, keyfile)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
When I simply re-run the script a second time (i.e., the cert files are already present when it starts, everything runs as expected with NO errors, and I can connect my client just fine.
$ python3 test.py
Certfiles Verified Present
What is preventing the ssl.wrap_socket function from seeing/accessing the files that were just created (and thus producing the FileNotFoundError exception)?
EDIT 1:
Thanks for the comments John Gordon. Here is a copy of gencert.py, courtesy of Atul Varm, found here https://gist.github.com/toolness/3073310
import os
import sys
import hashlib
import subprocess
import datetime
OPENSSL_CONFIG_TEMPLATE = """
prompt = no
distinguished_name = req_distinguished_name
req_extensions = v3_req
[ req_distinguished_name ]
C = US
ST = IL
L = Chicago
O = Toolness
OU = Experimental Software Authority
CN = %(domain)s
emailAddress = varmaa#toolness.com
[ v3_req ]
# Extensions to add to a certificate request
basicConstraints = CA:FALSE
keyUsage = nonRepudiation, digitalSignature, keyEncipherment
subjectAltName = #alt_names
[ alt_names ]
DNS.1 = %(domain)s
DNS.2 = *.%(domain)s
"""
MYDIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
OPENSSL = '/usr/bin/openssl'
KEY_SIZE = 1024
DAYS = 3650
CA_CERT = 'ca.cert'
CA_KEY = 'ca.key'
# Extra X509 args. Consider using e.g. ('-passin', 'pass:blah') if your
# CA password is 'blah'. For more information, see:
#
# http://www.openssl.org/docs/apps/openssl.html#PASS_PHRASE_ARGUMENTS
X509_EXTRA_ARGS = ()
def openssl(*args):
cmdline = [OPENSSL] + list(args)
subprocess.check_call(cmdline)
def gencert(domain, rootdir=MYDIR, keysize=KEY_SIZE, days=DAYS,
ca_cert=CA_CERT, ca_key=CA_KEY):
def dfile(ext):
return os.path.join('domains', '%s.%s' % (domain, ext))
os.chdir(rootdir)
if not os.path.exists('domains'):
os.mkdir('domains')
if not os.path.exists(dfile('key')):
openssl('genrsa', '-out', dfile('key'), str(keysize))
# EDIT 3: mydomain.key gets output here during execution
config = open(dfile('config'), 'w')
config.write(OPENSSL_CONFIG_TEMPLATE % {'domain': domain})
config.close()
# EDIT 3: mydomain.config gets output here during execution
openssl('req', '-new', '-key', dfile('key'), '-out', dfile('request'),
'-config', dfile('config'))
# EDIT 3: mydomain.request gets output here during execution
openssl('x509', '-req', '-days', str(days), '-in', dfile('request'),
'-CA', ca_cert, '-CAkey', ca_key,
'-set_serial',
'0x%s' % hashlib.md5(domain +
str(datetime.datetime.now())).hexdigest(),
'-out', dfile('cert'),
'-extensions', 'v3_req', '-extfile', dfile('config'),
*X509_EXTRA_ARGS)
# EDIT 3: mydomain.cert gets output here during execution
print "Done. The private key is at %s, the cert is at %s, and the " \
"CA cert is at %s." % (dfile('key'), dfile('cert'), ca_cert)
if __name__ == "__main__":
if len(sys.argv) < 2:
print "usage: %s <domain-name>" % sys.argv[0]
sys.exit(1)
gencert(sys.argv[1])
EDIT 2:
Regarding John's comment, "this might mean that those files are being created, but not in the directory [I] expect":
When I have the directory open in another window, I see the files pop up in the correct location during execution. In addition, when running the test.py script a second time with no changes, the files are identified as present in the correct (the same) location. This leads me to believe that file location is not the problem. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll keep looking.
EDIT 3:
I stepped through the gencert.py program, and each of the files are correctly output at the right time during execution. I indicated when exactly they were output within the above file, labeled with "EDIT 3"
While gencert is paused awaiting my input (raw_input), I can open/view/edit the mentioned files in another program with no problem.
In addition, with the first test.py instance running (paused, waiting for user input, just after mydomain.cert appears), I can run a second instance of test.py in another terminal and it sees/uses the files just fine.
Within the first instance, however, if I continue the program it outputs "FileNotFoundError."
The problem contained in the above stems from the use of os.chdir(rootdir) as suggested by John; however, the specifics are slightly different than the created files being in the wrong location. The problem is the current working directory (cwd) of the running program being changed by gencert(). Here are the specifics:
The program is started with test.py, which calls verifyCerts(). At this point the program is running in the current directory of whichever folder test.py is running inside of. Use os.getcwd() to find the current directory at this point. In this case (as an example), it is running in:
/home/name/testfolder/
Next, os.path.isfile() looks for the files "certs/mydomain.cert" and "certs/mydomain.key"; based on the file path above [e.g., the cwd], it is looking for the following files:
/home/name/testfolder/certs/mydomain.cert
/home/name/testfolder/certs/mydomain.key
The above files are not present, so the program executes gencert.gencert(rootDomain) which correctly creates both files as expected in the exact locations mentioned above in number 2.
The problem is indeed the os.chdir() call: When gencert() executes, it uses os.chdir() to change the cwd to "rootdir," which is os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)), which is the directory of the current file (gencert.py). Since this file is located a folder deeper, the new cwd becomes:
/home/name/testfolder/certs/
When gencert() finishes execution and the control returns to test.py, the cwd never changes again; the cwd remains as /home/name/testfolder/certs/ even when execution returns to test.py.
Later, when ssl.wrap_socket() tries to find the serverCert and serverKey, it looks for "certs/mydomain.cert" and "certs/mydomain.key" in the cwd, so here is the full path of what it is looking for:
/home/name/testfolder/certs/certs/mydomain.cert
/home/name/testfolder/certs/certs/mydomain.key
These two files are NOT present, so the program correctly returns "FileNotFoundError".
Solution
A) Move the "gencert.py" file to the same directory as "test.py"
B) At the beginning of "gencert.py" add cwd = os.getcwd() to record the original cwd of the program; then, at the very end, add os.chdir(cwd) to change back to the original cwd before ending and giving control back to the calling program.
I went with option 'B', and my program now works flawlessly. I appreciate the assistance from John Gordon to point me toward finding the source of my problem.
I have developed a python script for making a serial communication to a digital pump. I now need to make an executable out of it. However even though it works perfectly well when running it with python and py2exe does produce the .exe properly when I run the executable the following error occurs:
File: pump_model.pyc in line 96 in connect_new
File: serial\__init__.pyc in line 71 in serial_for_url
ValueError: invalid URL protocol 'loop' not known
The relevant piece of my code is the following:
# New serial connection
def connect_new(self, port_name):
"""Function for configuring a new serial connection."""
try:
self.ser = serial.Serial(port = port_name,\
baudrate = 9600,\
parity = 'N',\
stopbits = 1,\
bytesize = 8,\
timeout = self.timeout_time)
except serial.SerialException:
self.ser = serial.serial_for_url('loop://',\
timeout = self.timeout_time) # This line BLOWS!
except:
print sys.exc_info()[0]
finally:
self.initialize_pump()
I should note that the application was written in OSX and was tested on Windows with the Canopy Python Distribution.
I had the exact same problem with "socket://" rather than "loop://"
I wasn't able to get the accepted answer to work however the following seems to succeed:
1) Add an explicit import of the offending urlhandler.* module
import serial
# explicit import for py2exe - to fix "socket://" url issue
import serial.urlhandler.protocol_socket
# explicit import for py2exe - to fix "loop://" url issue (OP's particular prob)
import serial.urlhandler.protocol_loop
# use serial_for_url in normal manner
self._serial = serial.serial_for_url('socket://192.168.1.99:12000')
2) Generate a setup script for py2exe (see https://pypi.python.org/pypi/py2exe/) -- I've installed py2exe to a virtualenv:
path\to\env\Scripts\python.exe -m py2exe myscript.py -W mysetup.py
3) edit mysetup.py to include option
zipfile="library.zip" # default generated value is None
(see also http://www.py2exe.org/index.cgi/ListOfOptions)
3) build it:
path\to\env\Scripts\python.exe mysetup.py py2exe
4) run it
dist\myscript.exe
Found it!
It seems that for some reason the 'loop://' arguement can't be recognised after the .exe production.
I figured out by studying the pyserial/init.py script that when issuing the command serial.serial_for_url(‘loop://') you essentially call:
sys.modules['serial.urlhandler.protocol_loop’].Serial(“loop://“)
So you have to first import the serial.urlhandler.protocol_loop
and then issue that command in place of the one malfunctioning.
So you can now type:
__import__('serial.urlhandler.protocol_loop')
sys.modules[‘serial.urlhandler.protocol_loop’].Serial("loop://")
After this minor workaround it worked fine.
How can I fetch the title of a screen session from the command line?
I came up with a very small and simple python script with pexpect to do it.
It is handy in multiuser environments where some host is reserved and status is written to screen title by user.
It works for me, feel free to make it better.
In order to fetch specific session title, you need to modify the script and call for correct session.
If you run this through remote connection as local script (through SSH for example), remember to set export TERM=xterm before execution.
try:
import pexpect
import sys
child=pexpect.spawn('screen -x')
child.sendcontrol('a');
child.send('A');
i = child.expect('Set window.*')
child.sendcontrol('c');
child.sendcontrol('a');
child.send('d');
TITLE=str(child.after)
TITLE_P=TITLE.split('7m')
if str(TITLE_P[-1]) == '':
print 'Title not found'
else:
print str(TITLE_P[-1])
except:
print 'Could not check screen Title'