File I/O

The apptools.io package provides a traited File object provides properties and methods for common file path manipulation operations. Much of this functionality was implemented before Python 3 pathlib standard library became available to provide similar support. For new code we encourage users to investigate if pathlib can satisfy their use cases before they turn to the apptools.io File object

HDF5 File Support

The apptools.io.h5 sub-package provides a wrapper around PyTables with a dictionary-style mapping.