"""
safesave.py: Helper module to ensure atomic overwrite/backup of existing files.

This is part of the OpenMM molecular simulation toolkit.
See https://openmm.org/development.

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Authors: Evan Pretti
Contributors: Peter Eastman

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import itertools
import os

def _getTempFilename(prefix):
    """
    Returns the name of a temporary file starting with a given prefix that is
    guaranteed not to exist already.  Upon successful return of this function,
    an empty file with the name returned will have been created.

    Parameters
    ----------
    prefix : str
        The prefix of the temporary file name to create.  If a path with
        multiple components, the directory in which to create the file must
        exist.

    Returns
    -------
    str
        The temporary file name created.
    """

    for index in itertools.count():
        name = f'{prefix}.{index}.tmp'
        if not os.path.exists(name):
            return name

def save(data, filename):
    """
    Saves data to a specified file.  If the file exists, it will be overwritten
    atomically, or if this is not possible, a backup copy of the existing data
    will be created during overwriting and deleted once it is successful.

    Parameters
    ----------
    data : bytes or str
        The data to write.  If bytes, the file will be opened in binary mode; if
        str, in text mode.
    filename : str
        The filename to write to.
    """

    if isinstance(data, bytes):
        mode = 'wb'
    elif isinstance(data, str):
        mode = 'w'
    else:
        raise ValueError('Expected bytes or str')

    tempFilename1 = _getTempFilename(filename)
    with open(tempFilename1, mode) as file:
        file.write(data)

    try:
        # If the target file already exists, rename() should overwrite
        # atomically on POSIX and fail with a FileExistsError on Windows.
        os.rename(tempFilename1, filename)
    except FileExistsError:
        # Make a backup copy since replace() on Windows may not be atomic.
        tempFilename2 = _getTempFilename(filename)
        os.replace(filename, tempFilename2)
        os.replace(tempFilename1, filename)
        os.remove(tempFilename2)
