make_files

pytest_tmp_files.make_files(root: Path, manifest: dict)[source]

Create the file hierarchy specified by the manifest.

Parameters:

root – The directory where the files will be created.
manifest – A dictionary describing the files to create. In general, the keys are file paths and the values are file contents. Refer to the File specification for a full description of this dictionary.

Use this function in cases where the tmp_files fixture doesn’t make sense.

Example

>>> from pathlib import Path
>>> from pytest_tmp_files import make_files
>>> make_files(Path.cwd(), {'dir/greeting.txt': 'hello world!'})
>>> (Path.cwd() / 'dir' / 'greeting.txt').read_text()
'hello world!'