extract.py

from __future__ import print_function

import os
import sys
import tarfile

import numpy as np

# from six.moves.urllib.request import urlretrieve
# from six.moves import cPickle as pickle

num_classes = 10
np.random.seed(133)


def maybe_extract(filename, force=False):
    root = os.path.splitext(os.path.splitext(filename)[0])[0]  # remove .tar.gz
    if os.path.isdir(root) and not force:
        # You may override by setting force=True.
        print('%s already present - Skipping extraction of %s.' % (root, filename))
    else:
        print('Extracting data for %s. This may take a while. Please wait.' % root)
        tar = tarfile.open(filename)
        sys.stdout.flush()
        tar.extractall()
        tar.close()
    data_folders = [
        os.path.join(root, d) for d in sorted(os.listdir(root))
        if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(root, d))]
    if len(data_folders) != num_classes:
        raise Exception(
            'Expected %d folders, one per class. Found %d instead.' % (
                num_classes, len(data_folders)))
    print(data_folders)
    return data_folders

if __name__ == '__main__':
    train_folders = maybe_extract('notMNIST_large.tar.gz')
    test_folders = maybe_extract('notMNIST_small.tar.gz')