add touch_file() and fix where_am_i to work.

diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 60efbb9b14832c4d734c80c3737e4e14aa62e7e6..f9d40b0c466453913080827fb597bb89b5e44a94 100644 (file)
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Utility functions
 # Copyright (C) 2000, 2001  James Troup <james@nocrew.org>
-# $Id: utils.py,v 1.33 2001-09-26 03:49:16 troup Exp $
+# $Id: utils.py,v 1.34 2001-09-27 01:24:15 troup Exp $
 
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ def open_file(filename, mode='r'):
         raise cant_open_exc, filename
     return f
 
+def touch_file(filename):
+    fd = os.open(filename, os.O_RDONLY | os.O_CREAT);
+    os.close(fd);
+
 ######################################################################################
 
 # From reportbug
@@ -361,8 +365,9 @@ def copy (src, dest, overwrite = 0):
 
 def where_am_i ():
     res = socket.gethostbyaddr(socket.gethostname());
-    if DefaultCnf.get("Config::" + res[0] + "::DatbaseHostname"):
-       return DefaultCnf["Config::" + res[0] + "::DatabaseHostname"]
+    database_hostname = DefaultCnf.get("Config::" + res[0] + "::DatabaseHostname");
+    if database_hostname:
+       return database_hostname;
     else:
         return res[0];