honeybee_plus.futil module

A collection of auxiliary functions for working with files and directories.

honeybee_plus.futil.bat_to_sh(file_path)

Convert honeybee .bat file to .sh file.

WARNING: This is a very simple function and doesn’t handle any edge cases.

honeybee_plus.futil.copy_files_to_folder(files, target_folder, overwrite=True)

Copy a list of files to a new target folder.

Returns

A list of fullpath of the new files.

honeybee_plus.futil.get_radiance_path_lines()

Return path to radiance folders.

honeybee_plus.futil.normspace(path)

Norm white spaces in path.

Return path with quotation marks if there is whitespace in path.

honeybee_plus.futil.nukedir(target_dir, rmdir=False)

Delete all the files inside target_dir.

Usage:

nukedir(“c:/ladybug/libs”, True)

honeybee_plus.futil.preparedir(target_dir, remove_content=True)

Prepare a folder for analysis.

This method creates the folder if it is not created, and removes the file in the folder if the folder already existed.

honeybee_plus.futil.write_to_file(file_path, data, mkdir=False)

Write a string of data to file.

Parameters

• file_path – Full path for a valid file path (e.g. c:/ladybug/testPts.pts)

• data – Any data as string

• mkdir – Set to True to create the directory if doesn’t exist (Default: False)

honeybee_plus.futil.write_to_file_by_name(folder, fname, data, mkdir=False)

Write a string of data to file by filename and folder.

Parameters

• folder – Target folder (e.g. c:/ladybug).

• fname – File name (e.g. testPts.pts).

• data – Any data as string.

• mkdir – Set to True to create the directory if doesn’t exist (Default: False).