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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# __init__.py
# Copyright (C) 2013 LEAP
#
# 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
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
"""
Some small and handy functions.
"""
import datetime
import os


def first(things):
    """
    Return the head of a collection.
    """
    try:
        return things[0]
    except TypeError:
        return None


def get_modification_ts(path):
    """
    Gets modification time of a file.

    :param path: the path to get ts from
    :type path: str
    :returns: modification time
    :rtype: datetime object
    """
    ts = os.path.getmtime(path)
    return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(ts)


def update_modification_ts(path):
    """
    Sets modification time of a file to current time.

    :param path: the path to set ts to.
    :type path: str
    :returns: modification time
    :rtype: datetime object
    """
    os.utime(path, None)
    return get_modification_ts(path)