add_from_dir

edge_pydb.util.add_from_dir(src, dest='', copy=True, overwrite=False, max_depth=-1)

This function copy files from a src directory to dest directory, if dest is empty, then it creates a directory just under the edge_pydb package directory. The copy always assumes a topdown copy (i.e. from parent directory to child directories)

Parameters:

srcstr

source directory to copy from

deststr

destination directory to copy to

copyboolean

if copy is false, files will not be copied, and instead the path of these files will be recorded in the _config.json

overwriteboolean

if file is at the destination, overwrite the file if true, else create and copy into a subdirectory data/ under the edge_pydb package directory

max_depthint

specify the depth the copy should perform.

-1 means copy all directories 0 means just under the root directory and do not go into subdirectories