michael@0: import os
michael@0: import shutil
michael@0: import tempfile
michael@0: 
michael@0: 
michael@0: # stub file paths
michael@0: files = [('foo.txt',),
michael@0:          ('foo', 'bar.txt',),
michael@0:          ('foo', 'bar', 'fleem.txt',),
michael@0:          ('foobar', 'fleem.txt',),
michael@0:          ('bar.txt',),
michael@0:          ('nested_tree', 'bar', 'fleem.txt',),
michael@0:          ('readonly.txt',),
michael@0:          ]
michael@0: 
michael@0: 
michael@0: def create_stub():
michael@0:     """create a stub directory"""
michael@0: 
michael@0:     tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
michael@0:     try:
michael@0:         for path in files:
michael@0:             fullpath = os.path.join(tempdir, *path)
michael@0:             dirname = os.path.dirname(fullpath)
michael@0:             if not os.path.exists(dirname):
michael@0:                 os.makedirs(dirname)
michael@0:             contents = path[-1]
michael@0:             f = file(fullpath, 'w')
michael@0:             f.write(contents)
michael@0:             f.close()
michael@0:         return tempdir
michael@0:     except Exception, e:
michael@0:         try:
michael@0:             shutil.rmtree(tempdir)
michael@0:         except:
michael@0:             pass
michael@0:         raise e