Function _add_bash_autocompletion

scapy/main.py:270–292

Util function used most notably in setup.py to add a bash autocompletion script.

(fname: str, script: pathlib.Path)

def _add_bash_autocompletion(fname: str, script: pathlib.Path) -> None:
    """
    Util function used most notably in setup.py to add a bash autocompletion script.
    """
    try:
        if BASH_COMPLETION_FOLDER is None:
            raise OSError()

        # If already defined, exit.
        dest = BASH_COMPLETION_FOLDER / fname
        if dest.exists():
            return

        # Check that bash autocompletion folder exists
        if not BASH_COMPLETION_FOLDER.exists():
            BASH_COMPLETION_FOLDER.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
            _check_perms(BASH_COMPLETION_FOLDER)

        # Copy file
        shutil.copy(script, BASH_COMPLETION_FOLDER)
    except OSError:
        log_loading.warning("Bash autocompletion script could not be copied.",
                            exc_info=True)


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