exists ( filename )

Same as os.path.exists, but will find compressed files too

filesize ( filename )

Get real filesize.

If the file is compressed, retrieve the size of the uncompressed file.

findfile ( filename,  verbose=1 )

Look for a file with the given file name, possibly compressed.

This will return None if there is no such file, or the (modified) name if the file was found.

If verbose=1, a message will be printed if no file is found.

getformat ( filename )

Return the compression extension, if any (empty string if none)

glob ( pattern )

Same as glob.glob, but includes compressed files too.

Contains optimization in case pattern does not contain a /

remove_extension ( filename )

Return the file name without any compression extension

split ( filename )

Split a file name into a clean file name and a compression extension

youngest ( pattern,  exclude=() )

Same as projtls.youngest, but includes compressed files too.