fab.tools.tool#

This file contains the base class for all tools, i.e. compiler, preprocessor, linker, archiver, Psyclone, rsync, versioning tools.

Each tool belongs to one category (e.g. FORTRAN_COMPILER). This category is used when adding a tool to a ToolRepository or ToolBox. It provides basic support for running a binary, and keeping track if a tool is actually available.

Classes

`CompilerSuiteTool`(name, exec_name, suite, ...)	A tool that is part of a compiler suite (typically compiler and linker).
`Tool`(name, exec_name[, category, ...])	This is the base class for all tools.

class fab.tools.tool.Tool(name, exec_name, category=Category.MISC, availablility_option=None)#

This is the base class for all tools. It stores the name of the tool, the name of the executable, and provides a run method.

Parameters:

name (str) – name of the tool.
exec_name (Union[str, Path]) – name or full path of the executable to start.
category (Category) – the Category to which this tool belongs. (default: <Category.MISC: 12>)
availability_option – a command line option for the tool to test if the tool is available on the current system. Defaults to –version.

check_available()#: Run a ‘test’ command to check if this tool is available in the system. :rtype: bool :returns: whether the tool is working (True) or not.

property is_available: bool#

Checks if the tool is available or not. It will call a tool-specific function check_available to determine this, but will cache the results to avoid testing a tool more than once.

Returns:: whether the tool is available (i.e. installed and working).

property is_compiler: bool#: Returns whether this tool is a (Fortran or C) compiler or not.

property exec_name: str#

Returns:: the name of the executable.

property name: str#

Returns:: the name of the tool.

property category: Category#

Returns:: the category of this tool.

property flags: Flags#

Returns:: the flags to be used with this tool.

property logger: Logger#

Returns:: a logger object for convenience.

run(additional_parameters=None, env=None, cwd=None, capture_output=True)#

Run the binary as a subprocess.

Parameters:

additional_parameters (Union[str, List[Union[Path, str]], None]) – List of strings to be sent to subprocess.run() as the command. (default: None)
env (Optional[Dict[str, str]]) – Optional env for the command. By default it will use the current session’s environment. (default: None)
capture_output – If True, capture and return stdout. If False, the command will print its output directly to the console. (default: True)

Raises:

RuntimeError – if the code is not available.
RuntimeError – if the return code of the executable is not 0.

Return type:

str

class fab.tools.tool.CompilerSuiteTool(name, exec_name, suite, category)#

A tool that is part of a compiler suite (typically compiler and linker).

Parameters:

name (str) – name of the tool.
exec_name (Union[str, Path]) – name of the executable to start.
suite (str) – name of the compiler suite.
category (Category) – the Category to which this tool belongs.

property suite: str#

Returns:: the compiler suite of this tool.