26 lines
593 B
Python
26 lines
593 B
Python
from os import stat
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from stat import S_ISBLK
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from subprocess import (
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check_call
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)
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def is_block_device(path):
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'''
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Confirm device at path is a valid block device node.
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:returns: boolean: True if path is a block device, False if not.
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'''
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return S_ISBLK(stat(path).st_mode)
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def zap_disk(block_device):
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'''
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Clear a block device of partition table. Relies on sgdisk, which is
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installed as pat of the 'gdisk' package in Ubuntu.
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:param block_device: str: Full path of block device to clean.
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'''
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check_call(['sgdisk', '--zap-all', block_device])
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