iblrig.commands.dir_path

iblrig.commands.dir_path(directory)

Convert a string to a Path object and check if the directory exists.

This function is intended for use as a type conversion function with argparse. It takes a string argument representing a directory path, converts it into a Path object, and checks if the directory exists. If the directory exists, it returns the Path object; otherwise, it raises an argparse.ArgumentError with an appropriate error message.

Parameters:

directory (str) – A string representing a directory path.

Returns:

A Path object representing the directory.

Return type:

pathlib.Path

Raises:

argparse.ArgumentError – If the directory does not exist, an argparse.ArgumentError is raised with an error message indicating that the directory was not found.

Parameters:

directory (str)