Function create_initial_file

updateHostsFile.py:800–843

Initialize the file in which we merge all host files for later pruning. Parameters ---------- headerparams : kwargs Dictionary providing additional parameters for populating the initial file information. Currently, those fields are: 1) nounifiedhosts

(**initial_file_params)

# File Logic
def create_initial_file(**initial_file_params):
    """
    Initialize the file in which we merge all host files for later pruning.

    Parameters
    ----------
    headerparams : kwargs
        Dictionary providing additional parameters for populating the initial file
        information. Currently, those fields are:

        1) nounifiedhosts
    """

    mergefile = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()

    if not initial_file_params["nounifiedhosts"]:
        # spin the sources for the base file
        for source in sort_sources(
            recursive_glob(settings["datapath"], settings["hostfilename"])
        ):
            start = "# Start {}\n\n".format(os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(source)))
            end = "\n# End {}\n\n".format(os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(source)))

            with open(source, "r", encoding="UTF-8") as curFile:
                write_data(mergefile, start + curFile.read() + end)

    # spin the sources for extensions to the base file
    for source in settings["extensions"]:
        for filename in sort_sources(
            recursive_glob(
                path_join_robust(settings["extensionspath"], source),
                settings["hostfilename"],
            )
        ):
            with open(filename, "r") as curFile:
                write_data(mergefile, curFile.read())

    maybe_copy_example_file(settings["blacklistfile"])

    if os.path.isfile(settings["blacklistfile"]):
        with open(settings["blacklistfile"], "r") as curFile:
            write_data(mergefile, curFile.read())

    return mergefile


def compress_file(inputfile, targetip, outputfile):