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-rw-r--r--meta/lib/oe/types.py18
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/types.py b/meta/lib/oe/types.py
index 5dac9de239..7f47c17d0e 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/types.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/types.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+import errno
import re
+import os
+
class OEList(list):
"""OpenEmbedded 'list' type
@@ -133,3 +136,18 @@ def float(value, fromhex='false'):
return _float.fromhex(value)
else:
return _float(value)
+
+def path(value, relativeto='', normalize='true', mustexist='false'):
+ value = os.path.join(relativeto, value)
+
+ if boolean(normalize):
+ value = os.path.normpath(value)
+
+ if boolean(mustexist):
+ try:
+ open(value, 'r')
+ except IOError as exc:
+ if exc.errno == errno.ENOENT:
+ raise ValueError("{0}: {1}".format(value, os.strerror(errno.ENOENT)))
+
+ return value