Checksumthing package¶

Submodules¶

Checksumthing.hashing.add_hash_to_manitest(manifest_path, hash_path, hash)¶

Parameters:	manifest_path – path to the manifest file hash_path – path to the hash file hash – the hash to be added to the manifest

Checksumthing.hashing.create_decoration(input_string, filepath, args)¶

Replaces special strings with particular strings

Parameters:	input_string – any string filepath – the path of the checksum sidecar file being processed args – User arguments from arg parse
Returns:

Checksumthing.hashing.decorate_hash(pre_hash, hash_value, post_hash, no_space=False)¶

Checksumthing.hashing.get_hash_length(hash_name)¶

Provides the length of a given Hash type

Parameters:	hash_name – String. name of hash file
Returns:

Checksumthing.hashing.modify_hash(hash_value, args)¶

Generates a new hash from an existing hash.

Parameters:	hash_value – Original hash value to be modified args – User arguments from arg parse
Returns:	Newly generated hash value

Checksumthing.hashing.read_hash(filename, hash_length)¶

Reads the hash value in a given file

Parameters:	filename – path to a file to read hash value hash_length – Length of a file
Returns:	Hash value

Checksumthing.hashing.write_hash(new_hash, filename)¶

Writes a hash value to a given file

Parameters:	new_hash – The hash value filename – File path to the file to write to
Returns: