""" Generic dylib path manipulation """ import re __all__ = ['dylib_info'] _DYLIB_RE = re.compile(r"""(?x) (?P^.*)(?:^|/) (?P (?P\w+?) (?:\.(?P[^._]+))? (?:_(?P[^._]+))? \.dylib$ ) """) def dylib_info(filename): """ A dylib name can take one of the following four forms: Location/Name.SomeVersion_Suffix.dylib Location/Name.SomeVersion.dylib Location/Name_Suffix.dylib Location/Name.dylib returns None if not found or a mapping equivalent to: dict( location='Location', name='Name.SomeVersion_Suffix.dylib', shortname='Name', version='SomeVersion', suffix='Suffix', ) Note that SomeVersion and Suffix are optional and may be None if not present. """ is_dylib = _DYLIB_RE.match(filename) if not is_dylib: return None return is_dylib.groupdict()