1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/vnftest/common/utils.py b/vnftest/common/utils.py
index e62b5db..fbc8391 100644
--- a/vnftest/common/utils.py
+++ b/vnftest/common/utils.py
@@ -397,3 +397,30 @@ class Timer(object):
     def __getattr__(self, item):
         return getattr(self.delta, item)
 
+
+def find_relative_file(path, task_path):
+    """
+    Find file in one of places: in abs of path or relative to a directory path,
+    in this order.
+
+    :param path:
+    :param task_path:
+    :return str: full path to file
+    """
+    # fixme: create schema to validate all fields have been provided
+    for lookup in [os.path.abspath(path), os.path.join(task_path, path)]:
+        try:
+            with open(lookup):
+                return lookup
+        except IOError:
+            pass
+    raise IOError(errno.ENOENT, 'Unable to find {} file'.format(path))
+
+
+def open_relative_file(path, task_path):
+    try:
+        return open(path)
+    except IOError as e:
+        if e.errno == errno.ENOENT:
+            return open(os.path.join(task_path, path))
+        raise