# coding=utf-8 """ This is a Python script intended to be used with the "python_scripting.py" cmd2 example application. To run it you should do the following: ./python_scripting.py pyscript scripts/conditional.py directory_path Note: The "cmd" function is defined within the cmd2 embedded Python environment and in there "self" is your cmd2 application instance. """ import os import sys if len(sys.argv) > 1: directory = sys.argv[1] print('Using specified directory: {!r}'.format(directory)) else: directory = 'foobar' print('Using default directory: {!r}'.format(directory)) # Keep track of where we stared original_dir = os.getcwd() # Try to change to the specified directory app('cd {}'.format(directory)) # Conditionally do something based on the results of the last command if self._last_result: print('\nContents of directory {!r}:'.format(directory)) app('dir -l') # Change back to where we were print('Changing back to original directory: {!r}'.format(original_dir)) app('cd {}'.format(original_dir)) else: # cd command failed, print a warning print('Failed to change directory to {!r}'.format(directory))