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Usage
=====

Test Scenarios
--------------
There are several approaches for implementing tests using ``pyfakefs``.

Patch using the pytest plugin
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
``pyfakefs`` functions as a `pytest`_ plugin that provides the `fs` fixture,
which is registered at installation time.
Using this fixture automatically patches all file system functions with
the fake file system functions. It also allows to access several
convenience methods (see :ref:`convenience_methods`).

Here is an example for a simple test:

.. code:: python

   def my_fakefs_test(fs):
       # "fs" is the reference to the fake file system
       fs.create_file("/var/data/xx1.txt")
       assert os.path.exists("/var/data/xx1.txt")

If you are bothered by the ``pylint`` warning,
``C0103: Argument name "fs" doesn't conform to snake_case naming style
(invalid-name)``,
you can define a longer name in your ``conftest.py`` and use that in your
tests:

.. code:: python

    @pytest.fixture
    def fake_filesystem(fs):  # pylint:disable=invalid-name
        """Variable name 'fs' causes a pylint warning. Provide a longer name
        acceptable to pylint for use in tests.
        """
        yield fs

Class-, module- and session-scoped fixtures
...........................................
For convenience, class-, module- and session-scoped fixtures with the same
functionality are provided, named ``fs_class``, ``fs_module`` and ``fs_session``,
respectively.

.. caution:: If any of these fixtures is active, any other ``fs`` fixture will
  not setup / tear down the fake filesystem in the current scope; instead, it
  will just serve as a reference to the active fake filesystem. That means that changes
  done in the fake filesystem inside a test will remain there until the respective scope
  ends.

Patch using fake_filesystem_unittest
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you are using the Python ``unittest`` package, the easiest approach is to
use test classes derived from ``fake_filesystem_unittest.TestCase``.

If you call ``setUpPyfakefs()`` in your ``setUp()``, ``pyfakefs`` will
automatically find all real file functions and modules, and stub these out
with the fake file system functions and modules:

.. code:: python

    from pyfakefs.fake_filesystem_unittest import TestCase


    class ExampleTestCase(TestCase):
        def setUp(self):
            self.setUpPyfakefs()

        def test_create_file(self):
            file_path = "/test/file.txt"
            self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(file_path))
            self.fs.create_file(file_path)
            self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(file_path))

The usage is explained in more detail in :ref:`auto_patch` and
demonstrated in the files `example.py`_ and `example_test.py`_.

If your setup is the same for all tests in a class, you can use the class setup
method ``setUpClassPyfakefs`` instead:

.. code:: python

    from pyfakefs.fake_filesystem_unittest import TestCase


    class ExampleTestCase(TestCase):
        @classmethod
        def setUpClass(cls):
            cls.setUpClassPyfakefs()
            # setup the fake filesystem using standard functions
            pathlib.Path("/test/file1.txt").touch()
            # you can also access the fake fs via fake_fs() if needed
            cls.fake_fs().create_file("/test/file2.txt", contents="test")

        def test1(self):
            self.assertTrue(os.path.exists("/test/file1.txt"))
            self.assertTrue(os.path.exists("/test/file2.txt"))

        def test2(self):
            self.assertTrue(os.path.exists("/test/file1.txt"))
            file_path = "/test/file3.txt"
            # self.fs is the same instance as cls.fake_fs() above
            self.fs.create_file(file_path)
            self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(file_path))

.. note:: This feature cannot be used with a Python version before Python 3.8 due to
  a missing feature in ``unittest``.

.. caution:: If this is used, any changes made in the fake filesystem inside a test
  will remain there for all following tests in the test class, if they are not reverted
  in the test itself.


Patch using fake_filesystem_unittest.Patcher
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you are using other means of testing like `nose`_,
you can do the patching using ``fake_filesystem_unittest.Patcher``--the class
doing the actual work of replacing the filesystem modules with the fake modules
in the first two approaches.

The easiest way is to just use ``Patcher`` as a context manager:

.. code:: python

   from pyfakefs.fake_filesystem_unittest import Patcher

   with Patcher() as patcher:
       # access the fake_filesystem object via patcher.fs
       patcher.fs.create_file("/foo/bar", contents="test")

       # the following code works on the fake filesystem
       with open("/foo/bar") as f:
           contents = f.read()

You can also initialize ``Patcher`` manually:

.. code:: python

   from pyfakefs.fake_filesystem_unittest import Patcher

   patcher = Patcher()
   patcher.setUp()  # called in the initialization code
   ...
   patcher.tearDown()  # somewhere in the cleanup code

Patch using fake_filesystem_unittest.patchfs decorator
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is basically a convenience wrapper for the previous method.
If you are not using ``pytest`` and  want to use the fake filesystem for a
single function, you can write:

.. code:: python

   from pyfakefs.fake_filesystem_unittest import patchfs


   @patchfs
   def test_something(fake_fs):
       # access the fake_filesystem object via fake_fs
       fake_fs.create_file("/foo/bar", contents="test")

Note that ``fake_fs`` is a positional argument and the argument name does
not matter. If there are additional ``mock.patch`` decorators that also
create positional arguments, the argument order is the same as the decorator
order, as shown here:

.. code:: python

   @patchfs
   @mock.patch("foo.bar")
   def test_something(fake_fs, mocked_bar):
       ...


   @mock.patch("foo.bar")
   @patchfs
   def test_something(mocked_bar, fake_fs):
       ...

.. note::
  Avoid writing the ``patchfs`` decorator *between* ``mock.patch`` operators,
  as the order will not be what you expect. Due to implementation details,
  all arguments created by ``mock.patch`` decorators are always expected to
  be contiguous, regardless of other decorators positioned between them.

.. caution::
  In previous versions, the keyword argument `fs` has been used instead,
  which had to be positioned *after* all positional arguments regardless of
  the decorator order. If you upgrade from a version before pyfakefs 4.2,
  you may have to adapt the argument order.

You can also use this to make a single unit test use the fake fs:

.. code:: python

    class TestSomething(unittest.TestCase):
        @patchfs
        def test_something(self, fs):
            fs.create_file("/foo/bar", contents="test")


.. _customizing_patcher:

Customizing patching
--------------------

``fake_filesystem_unittest.Patcher`` provides a few arguments to adapt
patching for cases where it does not work out of the box. These arguments
can also be used with ``unittest`` and ``pytest``.

Using custom arguments
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following sections describe how to apply these arguments in different
scenarios, using the argument :ref:`allow_root_user` as an example.

Patcher
.......
If you use the ``Patcher`` directly, you can just pass the arguments in the
constructor:

.. code:: python

  from pyfakefs.fake_filesystem_unittest import Patcher

  with Patcher(allow_root_user=False) as patcher:
      ...

Pytest
......

In case of ``pytest``, you have two possibilities:

- The standard way to customize the ``fs`` fixture is to write your own
  fixture which uses the ``Patcher`` with arguments as has been shown above:

.. code:: python

  import pytest
  from pyfakefs.fake_filesystem_unittest import Patcher


  @pytest.fixture
  def fs_no_root():
      with Patcher(allow_root_user=False) as patcher:
          yield patcher.fs


  def test_something(fs_no_root):
      ...

- You can also pass the arguments using ``@pytest.mark.parametrize``. Note that
  you have to provide `all Patcher arguments`_ before the needed ones, as
  keyword arguments cannot be used, and you have to add ``indirect=True``.
  This makes it less readable, but gives you a quick possibility to adapt a
  single test:

.. code:: python

  import pytest


  @pytest.mark.parametrize("fs", [[None, None, None, False]], indirect=True)
  def test_something(fs):
      ...

Unittest
........
If you are using ``fake_filesystem_unittest.TestCase``, the arguments can be
passed to ``setUpPyfakefs()``, which will pass them to the ``Patcher``
instance:

.. code:: python

  from pyfakefs.fake_filesystem_unittest import TestCase


  class SomeTest(TestCase):
      def setUp(self):
          self.setUpPyfakefs(allow_root_user=False)

      def testSomething(self):
          ...

patchfs
.......
If you use the ``patchfs`` decorator, you can pass the arguments directly to
the decorator:

.. code:: python

  from pyfakefs.fake_filesystem_unittest import patchfs


  @patchfs(allow_root_user=False)
  def test_something(fake_fs):
      ...


List of custom arguments
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Following is a description of the optional arguments that can be used to
customize ``pyfakefs``.

.. _modules_to_reload:

modules_to_reload
.................
``Pyfakefs`` patches modules that are imported before starting the test by
finding and replacing file system modules in all loaded modules at test
initialization time.
This allows to automatically patch file system related modules that are:

- imported directly, for example:

.. code:: python

  import os
  import pathlib.Path

- imported as another name:

.. code:: python

  import os as my_os

- imported using one of these two specially handled statements:

.. code:: python

  from os import path
  from pathlib import Path

Additionally, functions from file system related modules are patched
automatically if imported like:

.. code:: python

  from os.path import exists
  from os import stat

This also works if importing the functions as another name:

.. code:: python

  from os.path import exists as my_exists
  from io import open as io_open
  from builtins import open as bltn_open

There are a few cases where automatic patching does not work. We know of at
least two specific cases where this is the case:

Initializing a default argument with a file system function is not patched
automatically due to performance reasons (though it can be switched on using
:ref:`patch_default_args`):

.. code:: python

  import os


  def check_if_exists(filepath, file_exists=os.path.exists):
      return file_exists(filepath)


If initializing a global variable using a file system function, the
initialization will be done using the real file system:

.. code:: python

  from pathlib import Path

  path = Path("/example_home")

In this case, ``path`` will hold the real file system path inside the test.
The same is true, if a file system function is used in a decorator (this is
an example from a related issue):

.. code:: python

  import pathlib


  @click.command()
  @click.argument("foo", type=click.Path(path_type=pathlib.Path))
  def hello(foo):
      pass

To get these cases to work as expected under test, the respective modules
containing the code shall be added to the ``modules_to_reload`` argument (a
module list).
The passed modules will be reloaded, thus allowing ``pyfakefs`` to patch them
dynamically. All modules loaded after the initial patching described above
will be patched using this second mechanism.

Given that the example function ``check_if_exists`` shown above is located in
the file ``example/sut.py``, the following code will work:

.. code:: python

  import example

  # example using unittest
  class ReloadModuleTest(fake_filesystem_unittest.TestCase):
      def setUp(self):
          self.setUpPyfakefs(modules_to_reload=[example.sut])

      def test_path_exists(self):
          file_path = "/foo/bar"
          self.fs.create_dir(file_path)
          self.assertTrue(example.sut.check_if_exists(file_path))


  # example using pytest
  @pytest.mark.parametrize("fs", [[None, [example.sut]]], indirect=True)
  def test_path_exists(fs):
      file_path = "/foo/bar"
      fs.create_dir(file_path)
      assert example.sut.check_if_exists(file_path)


  # example using Patcher
  def test_path_exists():
      with Patcher(modules_to_reload=[example.sut]) as patcher:
          file_path = "/foo/bar"
          patcher.fs.create_dir(file_path)
          assert example.sut.check_if_exists(file_path)


  # example using patchfs decorator
  @patchfs(modules_to_reload=[example.sut])
  def test_path_exists(fs):
      file_path = "/foo/bar"
      fs.create_dir(file_path)
      assert example.sut.check_if_exists(file_path)


.. note:: If the reloaded modules depend on each other (e.g. one imports the other),
  the order in which they are reloaded matters. The dependent module should be reloaded
  first, so that on reloading the depending module it is already correctly patched.


modules_to_patch
................
Sometimes there are file system modules in other packages that are not
patched in standard ``pyfakefs``. To allow patching such modules,
``modules_to_patch`` can be used by adding a fake module implementation for
a module name. The argument is a dictionary of fake modules mapped to the
names to be faked.

This mechanism is used in ``pyfakefs`` itself to patch the external modules
`pathlib2` and `scandir` if present, and the following example shows how to
fake a module in Django that uses OS file system functions (note that this
has now been been integrated into ``pyfakefs``):

.. code:: python

  class FakeLocks:
      """django.core.files.locks uses low level OS functions, fake it."""

      _locks_module = django.core.files.locks

      def __init__(self, fs):
          """Each fake module expects the fake file system as an __init__
          parameter."""
          # fs represents the fake filesystem; for a real example, it can be
          # saved here and used in the implementation
          pass

      @staticmethod
      def lock(f, flags):
          return True

      @staticmethod
      def unlock(f):
          return True

      def __getattr__(self, name):
          return getattr(self._locks_module, name)


  ...
  # test code using Patcher
  with Patcher(modules_to_patch={"django.core.files.locks": FakeLocks}):
      test_django_stuff()

  # test code using unittest
  class TestUsingDjango(fake_filesystem_unittest.TestCase):
      def setUp(self):
          self.setUpPyfakefs(modules_to_patch={"django.core.files.locks": FakeLocks})

      def test_django_stuff(self):
          ...


  # test code using pytest
  @pytest.mark.parametrize(
      "fs", [[None, None, {"django.core.files.locks": FakeLocks}]], indirect=True
  )
  def test_django_stuff(fs):
      ...


  # test code using patchfs decorator
  @patchfs(modules_to_patch={"django.core.files.locks": FakeLocks})
  def test_django_stuff(fake_fs):
      ...

additional_skip_names
.....................
This may be used to add modules that shall not be patched. This is mostly
used to avoid patching the Python file system modules themselves, but may be
helpful in some special situations, for example if a testrunner needs to access
the file system after test setup. To make this possible, the affected module
can be added to ``additional_skip_names``:

.. code:: python

  with Patcher(additional_skip_names=["pydevd"]) as patcher:
      patcher.fs.create_file("foo")

Alternatively to the module names, the modules themselves may be used:

.. code:: python

  import pydevd

  with Patcher(additional_skip_names=[pydevd]) as patcher:
      patcher.fs.create_file("foo")

.. _allow_root_user:

allow_root_user
...............
This is ``True`` by default, meaning that the user is considered a root user
if the real user is a root user (e.g. has the user ID 0). If you want to run
your tests as a non-root user regardless of the actual user rights, you may
want to set this to ``False``.

use_known_patches
.................
Some libraries are known to require patching in order to work with
``pyfakefs``.
If ``use_known_patches`` is set to ``True`` (the default), ``pyfakefs`` patches
these libraries so that they will work with the fake filesystem. Currently, this
includes patches for ``pandas`` read methods like ``read_csv`` and
``read_excel``, and for ``Django`` file locks--more may follow. Ordinarily,
the default value of ``use_known_patches`` should be used, but it is present
to allow users to disable this patching in case it causes any problems. It
may be removed or replaced by more fine-grained arguments in future releases.

patch_open_code
...............
Since Python 3.8, the ``io`` module has the function ``open_code``, which
opens a file read-only and is used to open Python code files. By default, this
function is not patched, because the files it opens usually belong to the
executed library code and are not present in the fake file system.
Under some circumstances, this may not be the case, and the opened file
lives in the fake filesystem. For these cases, you can set ``patch_open_code``
to ``PatchMode.ON``. If you just want to patch ``open_case`` for files that
live in the fake filesystem, and use the real function for the rest, you can
set ``patch_open_code`` to ``PatchMode.AUTO``:

.. code:: python

  from pyfakefs.fake_filesystem_unittest import PatchMode


  @patchfs(patch_open_code=PatchMode.AUTO)
  def test_something(fs):
      ...

.. note:: This argument is subject to change or removal in future
  versions of ``pyfakefs``, depending on the upcoming use cases.

.. _patch_default_args:

patch_default_args
..................
As already mentioned, a default argument that is initialized with a file
system function is not patched automatically:

.. code:: python

  import os


  def check_if_exists(filepath, file_exists=os.path.exists):
      return file_exists(filepath)

As this is rarely needed, and the check to patch this automatically is quite
expansive, it is not done by default. Using ``patch_default_args`` will
search for this kind of default arguments and patch them automatically.
You could also use the :ref:`modules_to_reload` option with the module that
contains the default argument instead, if you want to avoid the overhead.

.. note:: There are some cases where this option dees not work:

  - if default arguments are *computed* using file system functions:

    .. code:: python

      import os


      def some_function(use_bar=os.path.exists("/foo/bar")):
          return do_something() if use_bar else do_something_else()

  - if the default argument is an instance of ``pathlib.Path``:

    .. code:: python

      import pathlib


      def foobar(dir_arg=pathlib.Path.cwd() / "logs"):
          do_something(dir_arg)

  In both cases the default arguments behave like global variables that use a file system function
  (which they basically are), and can only be handled using :ref:`modules_to_reload`.


use_cache
.........
If True (the default), patched and non-patched modules are cached between tests
to avoid the performance hit of the file system function lookup (the
patching itself is reverted after each test). This argument allows to turn it off in case it causes any problems:

.. code:: python

  @patchfs(use_cache=False)
  def test_something(fake_fs):
      fake_fs.create_file("foo", contents="test")
      ...

If using ``pytest``, the cache is always cleared before the final test shutdown, as there has been a problem
happening on shutdown related to removing the cached modules.
This does not happen for other test methods so far.

If you think you have encountered a similar problem with ``unittest``, you may try to clear the cache
during module shutdown using the class method for clearing the cache:

.. code:: python

  from pyfakefs.fake_filesystem_unittest import Patcher


  def tearDownModule():
      Patcher.clear_fs_cache()

Please write an issue if you encounter any problem that can be fixed by using this parameter.

If you want to clear the cache just for a specific test instead, you can call
``clear_cache`` on the ``Patcher`` or the ``fake_filesystem`` instance:

.. code:: python

  def test_something(fs):  # using pytest fixture
      fs.clear_cache()
      ...


.. _convenience_methods:

Using convenience methods
-------------------------
While ``pyfakefs`` can be used just with the standard Python file system
functions, there are few convenience methods in ``fake_filesystem`` that can
help you setting up your tests. The methods can be accessed via the
``fake_filesystem`` instance in your tests: ``Patcher.fs``, the ``fs``
fixture in pytest, ``TestCase.fs`` for ``unittest``, and the ``fs`` argument
for the ``patchfs`` decorator.

File creation helpers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To create files, directories or symlinks together with all the directories
in the path, you may use ``create_file()``, ``create_dir()``,
``create_symlink()`` and ``create_link()``, respectively.

``create_file()`` also allows you to set the file mode and the file contents
together with the encoding if needed. Alternatively, you can define a file
size without contents--in this case, you will not be able to perform
standard I\O operations on the file (may be used to fill up the file system
with large files, see also :ref:`set-fs-size`).

.. code:: python

    from pyfakefs.fake_filesystem_unittest import TestCase


    class ExampleTestCase(TestCase):
        def setUp(self):
            self.setUpPyfakefs()

        def test_create_file(self):
            file_path = "/foo/bar/test.txt"
            self.fs.create_file(file_path, contents="test")
            with open(file_path) as f:
                self.assertEqual("test", f.read())

``create_dir()`` behaves like ``os.makedirs()``.
``create_symlink`` and ``create_link`` behave like ``os.symlink`` and
``os.link``, with any missing parent directories of the link created
automatically.

.. caution::
  The first two arguments in ``create_symlink`` are reverted in relation to
  ``os.symlink`` for historical reasons.

.. _real_fs_access:

Access to files in the real file system
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you want to have read access to real files or directories, you can map
them into the fake file system using ``add_real_file()``,
``add_real_directory()``, ``add_real_symlink()`` and ``add_real_paths()``.
They take a file path, a directory path, a symlink path, or a list of paths,
respectively, and make them accessible from the fake file system. By
default, the contents of the mapped files and directories are read only on
demand, so that mapping them is relatively cheap. The access to the files is
by default read-only, but even if you add them using ``read_only=False``,
the files are written only in the fake system (e.g. in memory). The real
files are never changed.

``add_real_file()``, ``add_real_directory()`` and ``add_real_symlink()`` also
allow you to map a file or a directory tree into another location in the
fake filesystem via the argument ``target_path``.

.. code:: python

    from pyfakefs.fake_filesystem_unittest import TestCase


    class ExampleTestCase(TestCase):

        fixture_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "fixtures")

        def setUp(self):
            self.setUpPyfakefs()
            # make the file accessible in the fake file system
            self.fs.add_real_directory(self.fixture_path)

        def test_using_fixture(self):
            with open(os.path.join(self.fixture_path, "fixture1.txt")) as f:
                # file contents are copied to the fake file system
                # only at this point
                contents = f.read()

You can do the same using ``pytest`` by using a fixture for test setup:

.. code:: python

    import pytest
    import os

    fixture_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "fixtures")


    @pytest.fixture
    def my_fs(fs):
        fs.add_real_directory(fixture_path)
        yield fs


    @pytest.mark.usefixtures("my_fs")
    def test_using_fixture():
        with open(os.path.join(fixture_path, "fixture1.txt")) as f:
            contents = f.read()

.. note::
  If you are not using the fixture directly in the test, you can use
  ``@pytest.mark.usefixtures`` instead of passing the fixture as an argument.
  This avoids warnings about unused arguments from linters.

When using ``pytest`` another option is to load the contents of the real file
in a fixture and pass this fixture to the test function **before** passing
the ``fs`` fixture.

.. code:: python

    import pytest
    import os


    @pytest.fixture
    def content():
        fixture_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "fixtures")
        with open(os.path.join(fixture_path, "fixture1.txt")) as f:
            contents = f.read()
        return contents


    def test_using_file_contents(content, fs):
        fs.create_file("fake/path.txt")
        assert content != ""


Handling mount points
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Under Linux and macOS, the root path (``/``) is the only mount point created
in the fake file system. If you need support for more mount points, you can add
them using ``add_mount_point()``.

Under Windows, drives and UNC paths are internally handled as mount points.
Adding a file or directory on another drive or UNC path automatically
adds a mount point for that drive or UNC path root if needed. Explicitly
adding mount points shall not be needed under Windows.

A mount point has a separate device ID (``st_dev``) under all systems, and
some operations (like ``rename``) are not possible for files located on
different mount points. The fake file system size (if used) is also set per
mount point.

.. _set-fs-size:

Setting the file system size
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you need to know the file system size in your tests (for example for
testing cleanup scripts), you can set the fake file system size using
``set_disk_usage()``. By default, this sets the total size in bytes of the
root partition; if you add a path as parameter, the size will be related to
the mount point (see above) the path is related to.

By default, the size of the fake file system is set to 1 TB (which
for most tests can be considered as infinite). As soon as you set a
size, all files will occupy the space according to their size,
and you may fail to create new files if the fake file system is full.

.. code:: python

    from pyfakefs.fake_filesystem_unittest import TestCase


    class ExampleTestCase(TestCase):
        def setUp(self):
            self.setUpPyfakefs()
            self.fs.set_disk_usage(100)

        def test_disk_full(self):
            with open("/foo/bar.txt", "w") as f:
                with self.assertRaises(OSError):
                    f.write("a" * 200)
                    f.flush()

To get the file system size, you may use ``get_disk_usage()``, which is
modeled after ``shutil.disk_usage()``.

Suspending patching
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sometimes, you may want to access the real filesystem inside the test with
no patching applied. This can be achieved by using the ``pause/resume``
functions, which exist in ``fake_filesystem_unittest.Patcher``,
``fake_filesystem_unittest.TestCase`` and ``fake_filesystem.FakeFilesystem``.
There is also a context manager class ``fake_filesystem_unittest.Pause``
which encapsulates the calls to ``pause()`` and ``resume()``.

Here is an example that tests the usage with the ``pyfakefs`` pytest fixture:

.. code:: python

    from pyfakefs.fake_filesystem_unittest import Pause


    def test_pause_resume_contextmanager(fs):
        fake_temp_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
        assert os.path.exists(fake_temp_file.name)
        fs.pause()
        assert not os.path.exists(fake_temp_file.name)
        real_temp_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
        assert os.path.exists(real_temp_file.name)
        fs.resume()
        assert not os.path.exists(real_temp_file.name)
        assert os.path.exists(fake_temp_file.name)

Here is the same code using a context manager:

.. code:: python

    from pyfakefs.fake_filesystem_unittest import Pause


    def test_pause_resume_contextmanager(fs):
        fake_temp_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
        assert os.path.exists(fake_temp_file.name)
        with Pause(fs):
            assert not os.path.exists(fake_temp_file.name)
            real_temp_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
            assert os.path.exists(real_temp_file.name)
        assert not os.path.exists(real_temp_file.name)
        assert os.path.exists(fake_temp_file.name)

Simulating other file systems
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
``Pyfakefs`` supports Linux, macOS and Windows operating systems. By default,
the file system of the OS where the tests run is assumed, but it is possible
to simulate other file systems to some extent. To set a specific file
system, you can change ``pyfakefs.FakeFilesystem.os`` to one of
``OSType.LINUX``, ``OSType.MACOS`` and ``OSType.WINDOWS``. On doing so, the
behavior of ``pyfakefs`` is adapted to the respective file system. Note that
setting this causes the fake file system to be reset, so you should call it
before adding any files.

Setting the ``os`` attributes changes a number of ``pyfakefs.FakeFilesystem``
attributes, which can also be set separately if needed:

  - ``is_windows_fs`` -  if ``True`` a Windows file system (NTFS) is assumed
  - ``is_macos`` - if ``True`` and ``is_windows_fs`` is ``False``, the
    standard macOS file system (HFS+) is assumed
  - if ``is_windows_fs`` and ``is_macos`` are ``False``, a Linux file system
    (something like ext3) is assumed
  - ``is_case_sensitive`` is set to ``True`` under Linux and to ``False``
    under Windows and macOS by default - you can change it to change the
    respective behavior
  - ``path_separator`` is set to ``\`` under Windows and to ``/`` under Posix,
    ``alternative_path_separator`` is set to ``/`` under Windows and to
    ``None`` under Posix--these can also be adapted if needed

The following test works both under Windows and Linux:

.. code:: python

  from pyfakefs.fake_filesystem import OSType


  def test_windows_paths(fs):
      fs.os = OSType.WINDOWS
      assert r"C:\foo\bar" == os.path.join("C:\\", "foo", "bar")
      assert os.path.splitdrive(r"C:\foo\bar") == ("C:", r"\foo\bar")
      assert os.path.ismount("C:")

Set file as inaccessible under Windows
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Normally, if you try to set a file or directory as inaccessible using ``chmod`` under
Windows, the value you provide is masked by a value that always ensures that no read
permissions for any user are removed. In reality, there is the possibility to make
a file or directory unreadable using the Windows ACL API, which is not directly
supported in the Python filesystem API. To make this possible to test, there is the
possibility to use the ``force_unix_mode`` argument to ``FakeFilesystem.chmod``:

.. code:: python

    def test_is_file_for_unreadable_dir_windows(fs):
        fs.os = OSType.WINDOWS
        path = pathlib.Path("/foo/bar")
        fs.create_file(path)
        # normal chmod does not really set the mode to 0
        self.fs.chmod("/foo", 0o000)
        assert path.is_file()
        # but it does in forced UNIX mode
        fs.chmod("/foo", 0o000, force_unix_mode=True)
        with pytest.raises(PermissionError):
            path.is_file()


.. _`example.py`: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pyfakefs/blob/main/pyfakefs/tests/example.py
.. _`example_test.py`: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pyfakefs/blob/main/pyfakefs/tests/example_test.py
.. _`pytest`: https://doc.pytest.org
.. _`nose`: https://docs.nose2.io/en/latest/
.. _`all Patcher arguments`: https://pytest-pyfakefs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/modules.html#pyfakefs.fake_filesystem_unittest.Patcher