moved functions between files

core/utils.py

@@ -63,6 +63,23 @@ def chaosmonkey(n):
     # print("CHAOS strikes !", file=sys.stderr)
     return True
 
+# handles url or file, so we can refer to a set of scans (not drawings) on another server
+def GetListDir(sdir):
+    res = [ ]
+    if sdir[:7] == "http://":
+        # s = urllib.request.urlopen(sdir)
+        message = f"! Requesting loading from http:// NOT IMPLEMENTED. [{sdir}]"         
+        print(message)
+        DataIssue.objects.create(parser='Drawings', message=message)
+        sdir[:7] = ""
+
+    for f in os.listdir(sdir):
+        if f[0] != ".":
+            ff = os.path.join(sdir, f)
+            res.append((f, ff, os.path.isdir(ff)))
+    return res
+
+
 
 def save_carefully(objectType, lookupAttribs={}, nonLookupAttribs={}):
     """Looks up instance using lookupAttribs and carries out the following: