inspect_directory

polyglotdb.io.helper.inspect_directory(directory)

Function to inspect a directory and return the most likely type of files within it.

Searches currently for ‘textgrid’, ‘text’, ‘buckeye’, ‘timit’, and ‘partitur’ file types.

Parameters

directorystr

Full path to the directory

Returns

str

Most likely type of files

dict

Dictionary of the found files separated by the types searched for