def ignoreDirectory()

in src/python/recursive-rat.py [0:0]


def ignoreDirectory(dir):
    '''Is this directory to be ignored?'''
    if dir == "":
        return False
    else:
        head, tail = split(dir)
        if tail.startswith('.') and not(tail.startswith('..')):
            return True
        elif tail == "":
            return False
        else:
            return ignoreDirectory(head)