# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# __init__.py
# Copyright (C) 2013 LEAP
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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"""
Some small and handy functions.
"""
import datetime
import os

from leap.bitmask.config import flags
from leap.common.config import get_path_prefix as common_get_path_prefix


def get_path_prefix():
    return common_get_path_prefix(flags.STANDALONE)


def first(things):
    """
    Return the head of a collection.
    """
    try:
        return things[0]
    except (IndexError, 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)