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<h1 class="epydoc">Module fileutils</h1><span class="codelink"><a href="web2py.gluon.fileutils-pysrc.html">source&nbsp;code</a></span><br /><br />
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      returns content from filename, making sure to close the file 
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      writes &lt;value&gt; to filename, making sure to close the file 
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      applies .split(' ') to the output of read_file()</td>
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      convert relative path to absolute path based (by default) on 
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      like os.listdir() but you can specify a regex pattern to filter 
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      turns any expression/path into a valid filename.</td>
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      tars dir into file, only tars file that match expression</td>
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      untar file into dir</td>
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      Pack the given plugin into a w2p file.</td>
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      used to tar a compiled application.</td>
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      checks that user is authorized to access other_application</td>
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      checks that user is authorized to access other_application</td>
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      this is here because I think there is a bug in 
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