def create_index_file(index_file_name, database_list):
"""
Write the index (list of records) for a given system to a disk file.
:param index_file_name: index file name
:type index_file_name: str
:param database_list: list of databases for the given system
:type database_list: list
:return:
"""
record_name_list = []
for database_name in database_list:
print(database_name)
# Open database and macro substitution file (if any)
db = DatabaseFile(file_name=database_name)
m = read_subs_file(database_name)
# Create a list with all records in the databases
record_name_list.extend([r[0] for r in db.next_record_name()])
# print record_name_list
# Substitute macros if the macro substitution file was defined.
# There's no need to replace macros in the record fields since
# only record names are written to the index files.
if m is not None:
record_name_list = [m.replace_macros(r) for r in record_name_list]
# Write the index file
f = open(index_file_name, 'w')
f.write("\n".join(str(x.strip()) for x in record_name_list))
f.close()
def list_records(f, file_name, p_args):
"""
This is the callback function for process_file_list.
It will get called once for each file in the input file list.
List records in a database file.
:param f: database file
:param file_name: file name (not used)
:param p_args: command line arguments
:return: None
"""
if debug_flag:
print('\n--list_records', f, file_name, p_args)
df = DatabaseFile(f)
for record_name, record_type in df.next_record_name():
if p_args.type:
print(record_name + ', ' + record_type)
else:
print(record_name)
df.close()
return