A very simple module to safely save data to files in python
Project description
A very simple module to safely save data to files in python.
When you choose a path and a name for the file you want to save your data to, the script checks if the given file at the given path already exist; if so, it adds an increasing numbering at the end of the file name (just before the file extension if there is any) untill it finds a path+name not taken already.
This prevents from losing data by inadvertently re-writing a file.
Install
$ pip install save
Basic usage
from save import save data = 'Hey there' save(data, 'my_file.txt')
The safe_path function
You can import the safe_path submodule to use with other libraries or functions. It provides the same functionality as save(). (Basically the save() function itself calls safe_path() to do the work)
This is an example involving matplotlib:
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
from save import safe_path
plt.plot(range(10))
plt.savefig(safe_path('my_figure.png'))
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