method: path.local.computehash

 return hexdigest of hashvalue for this file. 

    def computehash(self, hashtype="md5", chunksize=524288):

origin: path.local

where:

• self :: <Instance of Class local>
• hashtype :: <String>
• chunksize :: <Int>
• return value :: AnyOf(<String>, <None>)

exceptions that might appear during execution:

• ValueError

function source:

def computehash(self, hashtype="md5", chunksize=524288):
    """ return hexdigest of hashvalue for this file. """
    hash = self._gethashinstance(hashtype)
    f = self.open('rb')
    try:
        while 1:
            buf = f.read(chunksize)
            if not buf:
                return hash.hexdigest()
            hash.update(buf) 
    finally:
        f.close()

call sites:

called in /home/johnny/projects/merlinux/py/dist/py/path/local/testing/test_local.py

traceback path.local.computehash.0

called in /home/johnny/projects/merlinux/py/dist/py/path/local/testing/test_local.py

traceback path.local.computehash.1

called in /home/johnny/projects/merlinux/py/dist/py/test/raises.py

traceback path.local.computehash.2