:mod:`cloudmesh-storage.cloudmesh.storage.provider.local.Provider`
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.. py:module:: cloudmesh-storage.cloudmesh.storage.provider.local.Provider


Module Contents
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Classes
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.. autoapisummary::

   cloudmesh-storage.cloudmesh.storage.provider.local.Provider.Provider



Functions
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.. autoapisummary::

   cloudmesh-storage.cloudmesh.storage.provider.local.Provider.creation_date


.. function:: creation_date(path_to_file)

   Try to get the date that a file was created, falling back to when it was
   last modified if that isn't possible.
   See http://stackoverflow.com/a/39501288/1709587 for explanation.


.. class:: Provider(service=None, parallelism=None)


   Bases: :class:`cloudmesh.abstract.StorageABC.StorageABC`

   cloudmesh:
     a:
       cm:
         active: False
         heading: Local A
         host: localhost
         label: local_a
         kind: local
         version: 1.0
       default:
         directory: .
       credentials:
         directory: ~/.cloudmesh/storage/a

   default location is credentials.directory / default.directory

   .. attribute:: kind
      :annotation: = local

      

   .. attribute:: sample
      

      

   .. attribute:: output
      

      

   .. method:: _filename(self, filename)


   .. method:: _dirname(self, dirname)


   .. method:: identifier(self, dirname, filename, absolute=False, file=True, status='ok')


   .. method:: create_file(self, location, content)


   .. method:: create_dir(self, directory=None)

      creates a directory

      :param directory: the name of the directory
      :return: dict


   .. method:: create_dir_from_filename(self, filename=None)

      creates a directory form a filename

      :param filename: the filename path
      :return: dict


   .. method:: list(self, source=None, files_only=False, dir_only=False, recursive=False)

      lists the information as dict

      :param source: the source which either can be a directory or file
      :param recursive: in case of directory the recursive refers to all
                        subdirectories in the specified source
      :return: dict


   .. method:: _list(self, source=None, absolute=False, recursive=False, files_only=False, dir_only=False, status='ok')

      lists the information as dict

      :param source: the source which either can be a directory or file
      :param recursive: in case of directory the recursive refers to all
                        subdirectories in the specified source
      :return: dict


   .. method:: put(self, source=None, destination=None, recursive=False)

      puts the source on the service

      :param source: the source which either can be a directory or file
      :param destination: the destination which either can be a directory or
                          file
      :param recursive: in case of directory the recursive refers to all
                        subdirectories in the specified source
      :return: dict


   .. method:: get(self, source=None, destination=None, recursive=False)

      gets the source and copies it in destination

      :param source: the source which either can be a directory or file
      :param destination: the destination which either can be a directory or
                          file
      :param recursive: in case of directory the recursive refers to all
                        subdirectories in the specified source
      :return: dict


   .. method:: delete(self, source=None, recursive=False)

      deletes the source

      :param source: the source which either can be a directory or file
      :param recursive: in case of directory the recursive refers to all
                        subdirectories in the specified source
      :return: dict


   .. method:: search(self, directory=None, filename=None, recursive=False)

      gets the destination and copies it in source

      :param directory: the directory which either can be a directory or file
      :param recursive: in case of directory the recursive refers to all
                        subdirectories in the specified source
      :return: dict


   .. method:: tree(self, directory=None)

      Prints a visual representation of the files and directories
      :param directory:
      :type directory:
      :return:
      :rtype: