Revision: 4323 Author: russblau Date: 2007-09-18 19:51:42 +0000 (Tue, 18 Sep 2007)
Log Message: ----------- clean up docstring; use shortpath
Modified Paths: -------------- trunk/pywikipedia/category.py
Modified: trunk/pywikipedia/category.py =================================================================== --- trunk/pywikipedia/category.py 2007-09-18 16:30:40 UTC (rev 4322) +++ trunk/pywikipedia/category.py 2007-09-18 19:51:42 UTC (rev 4323) @@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ Syntax: python category.py action [-option]
where action can be one of these: - * add - mass-add a category to a list of pages - * remove - remove category tag from all pages in a category - * move - move all pages in a category to another category - * tidy - tidy up a category by moving its articles into subcategories - * tree - show a tree of subcategories of a given category - * listify - make a list of all of the articles that are in a category + * add - mass-add a category to a list of pages + * remove - remove category tag from all pages in a category + * move - move all pages in a category to another category + * tidy - tidy up a category by moving its articles into subcategories + * tree - show a tree of subcategories of a given category + * listify - make a list of all of the articles that are in a category
and option can be one of these: * -person - sort persons by their last name (for action 'add') @@ -21,36 +21,40 @@ Also, the category to make a list of in the listify option * -to: - The category to move to (for the move option) - Also, the name of the list to make in the listify option - NOTE: If the category names have spaces in them you may need to use a - special syntax in your shell so that the names aren't treated as separate - parameters. For instance, in BASH, use single quotes, e.g. -from:'Polar bears' - * -batch - Don't prompt to delete emptied categories (do it automatically). + NOTE: If the category names have spaces in them you may need to use + a special syntax in your shell so that the names aren't treated as + separate parameters. For instance, in BASH, use single quotes, + e.g. -from:'Polar bears' + * -batch - Don't prompt to delete emptied categories (do it + automatically). * -summary: - Pick a custom edit summary for the bot. * -inplace - Use this flag to change categories in place rather than rearranging them. * -delsum - An option for remove, this specifies to use the custom edit - summary as the deletion reason (rather than a canned deletion reason) - * -overwrite - An option for listify, this overwrites the current page with the - list even if something is already there. - * -showimages - An option for listify, this displays images rather than linking them - in the list. - * -talkpages - An option for listify, this outputs the links to talk pages of the - pages to be listified in addition to the pages themselves. + summary as the deletion reason (rather than a canned + deletion reason) + * -overwrite - An option for listify, this overwrites the current page with + the list even if something is already there. + * -showimages - An option for listify, this displays images rather than + linking them in the list. + * -talkpages - An option for listify, this outputs the links to talk pages + of the pages to be listified in addition to the pages + themselves. * -recurse - Recurse through all subcategories of categories. - * -match - Only work on pages whose titles match the given regex (for move and remove actions). + * -match - Only work on pages whose titles match the given regex (for + move and remove actions).
+For the actions tidy and tree, the bot will store the category structure +locally in category.dump. This saves time and server load, but if it uses +these data later, they may be outdated; use the -rebuild parameter in this +case.
-For the actions tidy and tree, the bot will store the category structure locally -in category.dump. This saves time and server load, but if it uses these data -later, they may be outdated; use the -rebuild parameter in this case. - For example, to create a new category from a list of persons, type:
python category.py add -person
and follow the on-screen instructions.
- Or to do it all from the command-line, use the following syntax:
python category.py move -from:US -to:'United States' @@ -158,7 +162,8 @@ if not os.path.isabs(filename): filename = wikipedia.datafilepath(filename) f = bz2.BZ2File(filename, 'r') - wikipedia.output(u'Reading dump from %s' % filename) + wikipedia.output(u'Reading dump from %s' + % wikipedia.shortpath(filename)) databases = pickle.load(f) f.close() # keys are categories, values are 2-tuples with lists as entries. @@ -223,7 +228,8 @@ ''' if not os.path.isabs(filename): filename = wikipedia.datafilepath(filename) - wikipedia.output(u'Dumping to %s, please wait...' % filename) + wikipedia.output(u'Dumping to %s, please wait...' + % wikipedia.shortpath(filename)) f = bz2.BZ2File(filename, 'w') databases = { 'catContentDB': self.catContentDB,