make generic and support mechanical

src/ansys/tools/path/__init__.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """
-tools.
+tools to find/cache installed Ansys products.
 
-path
+WARNING: This is not concurrent-safe (multiple python processes might race on this data.)
 """
 
 try:
@@ -14,9 +14,18 @@
 
 from ansys.tools.path.path import (
     SUPPORTED_ANSYS_VERSIONS,
-    change_default_ansys_path,
-    find_ansys,
-    get_ansys_path,
+    change_default_mapdl_path,
+    change_default_mechanical_path,
+    find_mapdl,
+    find_mechanical,
     get_available_ansys_installations,
-    save_ansys_path,
+    get_mapdl_path,
+    get_mechanical_path,
+    save_mapdl_path,
+    save_mechanical_path,
+    version_from_path,
 )
+from ansys.tools.path.path import change_default_ansys_path  # deprecated
+from ansys.tools.path.path import find_ansys  # deprecated
+from ansys.tools.path.path import get_ansys_path  # deprecated
+from ansys.tools.path.path import save_ansys_path  # deprecated

src/ansys/tools/path/misc.py

@@ -1,7 +1,32 @@
+"""Miscellaneous functions used by ansys-tools-path."""
+
+import os
+
+
 def is_float(input_string):
     """Returns true when a string can be converted to a float"""
     try:
         float(input_string)
         return True
     except ValueError:
         return False
+
+
+def is_windows():
+    """Check if the host machine is on Windows.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    ``True`` if the host machine is on Windows, ``False`` otherwise.
+    """
+    return os.name == "nt"
+
+
+def is_linux():
+    """Check if the host machine is Linux.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    ``True`` if the host machine is Linux, ``False`` otherwise.
+    """
+    return os.name == "posix"