Moved absolute path calculation to highest level.

generate.py

@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ def create_dir(filename):
     Create the directory denoted by filename, if it doesn't exists. Ask for its
     removal if it exists.
     """
-    cwd = os.getcwd()
-    path = os.path.join(cwd, filename)
-
     try:
         os.makedirs(path)
     except FileExistsError:
@@ -58,18 +55,6 @@ def create_dir(filename):
         os.makedirs(path)
     return True
 
-def copy_files(makefile, codefile, destination):
-    """
-    Populate the experiments directory with Makefile and Codefile.
-    """
-    cwd = os.getcwd()
-    target = os.path.join(cwd, destination)
-
-    makefile_path = os.path.join(cwd, makefile)
-    shutil.copyfile(makefile_path, os.path.join(target, 'Makefile'))
-    codefile_path = os.path.join(cwd, destination)
-    shutil.copyfile(codefile_path, os.path.join(target, 'experiment.cpp'))
-
 def create_header(headerfile, tasks, destination):
     """
     Create a header file for the experiment.
@@ -88,6 +73,8 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument('cpp', type=str, nargs='?', default='./template/experiment.cpp', help='path to optional custom c++ implementation.')
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
+    cwd = os.getcwd()
+
     for num, experiment_file in enumerate(args.description):
         with open(experiment_file, 'r') as experiment_description:
             descr_json = experiment_description.read()
@@ -98,9 +85,11 @@ def main():
                                                        experiment['name']),
               file=sys.stderr)
 
+        experiment_dir = os.path.join(cwd, experiment['name'])
+
         # Create folder
         print('create folder')
-        if not create_dir(experiment['name']):
+        if not create_dir(experiment_dir):
             print('Skipping experiment ', experiment['name'], file=sys.stderr)
             continue
 
@@ -109,13 +98,15 @@ def main():
 
         # Add header
         print('create header file')
-        create_header(parser.header, tasks, experiment['name'])
+        create_header(args.headerfile, experiment, experiment_dir)
 
         # Add makefile & c++ file
         print('add Makefile')
+        makefile_path = os.path.join(experiment_dir, 'Makefile')
+        shutil.copyfile(args.makefile, makefile_path)
         print('add C++ file')
-
-        copy_files(args.makefile, args.cpp, experiment['name'])
+        cpp_file_path = os.path.join(experiment_dir, 'experiment.cpp')
+        shutil.copyfile(args.cpp, cpp_file_path)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()