certbot.plugins.util module

Plugin utilities.

certbot.plugins.util.get_prefixes(path: str) → list[str][source]
Retrieves all possible path prefixes of a path, in descending order of length. For instance:

• (Linux) /a/b/c returns ['/a/b/c', '/a/b', '/a', '/']

• (Windows) C:abc returns ['C:abc', 'C:ab', 'C:a', 'C:']

Parameters:
path (str) – the path to break into prefixes

Returns:
all possible path prefixes of given path in descending order

Return type:
list of str

certbot.plugins.util.path_surgery(cmd: str) → bool[source]
Attempt to perform PATH surgery to find cmd

Mitigates https://github.com/certbot/certbot/issues/1833

Parameters:
cmd (str) – the command that is being searched for in the PATH

Returns:
True if the operation succeeded, False otherwise