Function prompt_for_update

updateHostsFile.py:353–398

Prompt the user to update all hosts files. If requested, the function will update all data sources after it checks that a hosts file does indeed exist. Parameters ---------- freshen : bool Whether data sources should be updated. This function will return if

(freshen, updateauto)

# Prompt the User
def prompt_for_update(freshen, updateauto):
    """
    Prompt the user to update all hosts files.

    If requested, the function will update all data sources after it
    checks that a hosts file does indeed exist.

    Parameters
    ----------
    freshen : bool
        Whether data sources should be updated. This function will return
        if it is requested that data sources not be updated.
    updateauto : bool
        Whether or not to automatically update all data sources.

    Returns
    -------
    updatesources : bool
        Whether or not we should update data sources for exclusion files.
    """

    # Create a hosts file if it doesn't exist.
    hostsfile = path_join_robust(BASEDIR_PATH, "hosts")

    if not os.path.isfile(hostsfile):
        try:
            open(hostsfile, "w+").close()
        except (IOError, OSError):
            # Starting in Python 3.3, IOError is aliased
            # OSError. However, we have to catch both for
            # Python 2.x failures.
            print_failure(
                "ERROR: No 'hosts' file in the folder. Try creating one manually."
            )

    if not freshen:
        return False

    prompt = "Do you want to update all data sources?"

    if updateauto or query_yes_no(prompt):
        return True
    elif not updateauto:
        print("OK, we'll stick with what we've got locally.")

    return False


def prompt_for_exclusions(skipprompt):