def close(self):
'''
Closes the pin. Can be called repeatedly safely on the same
object. Closes pin's sys filesystem value file and unexports
the pin from the sys filesystem.
'''
if ( not self.closed() ):
self.__value_file.close()
self.__value_file = None
# Unexport if exported (should be unless somone sneaking around
# behind our backs!)
if os.path.exists(sysfs_pin_path( self.__pin_id )):
with open(sysfs_unexport_path(), 'w') as unexport_file:
unexport_file.write( str(self.__pin_id) )
self.__pin_id = None
def force_free_pin( pin_id ):
'''
Will 'free' a pin by unexporting it from the sys filesystem if it
is exported. Intended to be used in cases where some failure has
left pins exported which should not have been. It is considered
preferable to have GPIO pin IO classes back off if a pin they are
asked to use is already exported so as not to trample on other
users' toes as it were. However this leaves the possibility that
pins are accidentally left exported due to bad process termination.
pin_id is the raw GPIO pin id to free.
Returns None if the pin was not exported or the pin_id value if it
was and had to be unexported.
Throws a pin.PinIdInvalidError if the pin_id is invalid
'''
unexported = None
if os.path.exists(sysfs_pin_path( pin_id )):
unexported = pin_id
with open(sysfs_unexport_path(), 'w') as unexport_file:
unexport_file.write( str(pin_id) )
return unexported
