esp-idf/components/partition_table/gen_empty_partition.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# generates an empty binary file
#
# This tool generates an empty binary file of the required size.
#
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

from __future__ import division, print_function, unicode_literals

import argparse
import sys

__version__ = '1.0'

quiet = False


def generate_blanked_file(size, output_path):
    output = b'\xFF' * size
    try:
        stdout_binary = sys.stdout.buffer  # Python 3
    except AttributeError:
        stdout_binary = sys.stdout
    with stdout_binary if output_path == '-' else open(output_path, 'wb') as f:
        f.write(output)


def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Generates an empty binary file of the required size.')
    parser.add_argument('size', help='Size of generated the file', type=str)

    parser.add_argument('output', help='Path for binary file.', nargs='?', default='-')
    args = parser.parse_args()

    size = int(args.size, 0)
    if size > 0:
        generate_blanked_file(size, args.output)
    return 0


class InputError(RuntimeError):
    def __init__(self, e):
        super(InputError, self).__init__(e)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        r = main()
        sys.exit(r)
    except InputError as e:
        print(e, file=sys.stderr)
        sys.exit(2)