Create event DB dir if non-extant.

comet/utility/event_db.py

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
 class Event_DB(object):
     def __init__(self, root):
+        if not os.path.exists(root):
+            os.makedirs(root)
         self.root = root
         self.databases = defaultdict(Lock)
 

comet/utility/test/test_event_db.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Event database tests.
 
 import tempfile
+import time
 import shutil
 from multiprocessing.pool import ThreadPool
 from itertools import repeat
@@ -17,6 +18,13 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.event_db = Event_DB(self.event_db_dir)
         self.event = DummyEvent()
 
+    def test_non_existing_dir(self):
+        # If the root for the Event_DB doesn't exist, we should create it.
+        # Note the relative path means that this DB will be created in the
+        # _trial_temp directory.
+        event_db = Event_DB("event_db_test_%s" % (time.time(),))
+        self.assertTrue(event_db.check_event(self.event))
+
     def test_unseen(self):
         # Unseen event -> return True
         self.assertTrue(self.event_db.check_event(self.event))

docs/history.rst

@@ -30,11 +30,16 @@ In Development
 - Log the return code of failed external commands at level ``WARN``. Log
   standard output and error at level ``DEBUG``.
 
+- Automatically create the event DB directory if it doesn't exist. Thanks to
+  Tim Staley for the suggestion. (`GitHub #54`_, `GitHub #55`_)
+
 .. _does not fully support Python 3: https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/milestone/Python-3.x
 .. _Twisted 16.0: http://labs.twistedmatrix.com/2016/03/twisted-160-released.html
 .. _GitHub #10: https://github.com/jdswinbank/Comet/issues/10
 .. _GitHub #39: https://github.com/jdswinbank/Comet/issues/39
 .. _GitHub #41: https://github.com/jdswinbank/Comet/issues/41
+.. _GitHub #41: https://github.com/jdswinbank/Comet/issues/54
+.. _GitHub #41: https://github.com/jdswinbank/Comet/issues/55
 
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