# IDLSave - a python module to read IDL 'save' files # Copyright (c) 2010 Thomas P. Robitaille # Many thanks to Craig Markwardt for publishing the Unofficial Format # Specification for IDL .sav files, without which this Python module would not # exist (http://cow.physics.wisc.edu/~craigm/idl/savefmt). # This code was developed by with permission from ITT Visual Information # Systems. IDL(r) is a registered trademark of ITT Visual Information Systems, # Inc. for their Interactive Data Language software. # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a # copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), # to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation # the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, # and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the # Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in # all copies or substantial portions of the Software. # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE # AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING # FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER # DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. import struct import numpy as np from numpy.compat import asbytes, asstr import tempfile import zlib import warnings # Define the different data types that can be found in an IDL save file DTYPE_DICT = {} DTYPE_DICT[1] = '>u1' DTYPE_DICT[2] = '>i2' DTYPE_DICT[3] = '>i4' DTYPE_DICT[4] = '>f4' DTYPE_DICT[5] = '>f8' DTYPE_DICT[6] = '>c8' DTYPE_DICT[7] = '|O' DTYPE_DICT[8] = '|O' DTYPE_DICT[9] = '>c16' DTYPE_DICT[10] = '|O' DTYPE_DICT[11] = '|O' DTYPE_DICT[12] = '>u2' DTYPE_DICT[13] = '>u4' DTYPE_DICT[14] = '>i8' DTYPE_DICT[15] = '>u8' # Define the different record types that can be found in an IDL save file RECTYPE_DICT = {} RECTYPE_DICT[0] = "START_MARKER" RECTYPE_DICT[1] = "COMMON_VARIABLE" RECTYPE_DICT[2] = "VARIABLE" RECTYPE_DICT[3] = "SYSTEM_VARIABLE" RECTYPE_DICT[6] = "END_MARKER" RECTYPE_DICT[10] = "TIMESTAMP" RECTYPE_DICT[12] = "COMPILED" RECTYPE_DICT[13] = "IDENTIFICATION" RECTYPE_DICT[14] = "VERSION" RECTYPE_DICT[15] = "HEAP_HEADER" RECTYPE_DICT[16] = "HEAP_DATA" RECTYPE_DICT[17] = "PROMOTE64" RECTYPE_DICT[19] = "NOTICE" # Define a dictionary to contain structure definitions STRUCT_DICT = {} def _align_32(f): '''Align to the next 32-bit position in a file''' pos = f.tell() if pos % 4 != 0: f.seek(pos + 4 - pos % 4) return def _skip_bytes(f, n): '''Skip `n` bytes''' f.read(n) return def _read_bytes(f, n): '''Read the next `n` bytes''' return f.read(n) def _read_byte(f): '''Read a single byte''' return np.uint8(struct.unpack('>B', f.read(4)[:1])[0]) def _read_long(f): '''Read a signed 32-bit integer''' return np.int32(struct.unpack('>l', f.read(4))[0]) def _read_int16(f): '''Read a signed 16-bit integer''' return np.int16(struct.unpack('>h', f.read(4)[2:4])[0]) def _read_int32(f): '''Read a signed 32-bit integer''' return np.int32(struct.unpack('>i', f.read(4))[0]) def _read_int64(f): '''Read a signed 64-bit integer''' return np.int64(struct.unpack('>q', f.read(8))[0]) def _read_uint16(f): '''Read an unsigned 16-bit integer''' return np.uint16(struct.unpack('>H', f.read(4)[2:4])[0]) def _read_uint32(f): '''Read an unsigned 32-bit integer''' return np.uint32(struct.unpack('>I', f.read(4))[0]) def _read_uint64(f): '''Read an unsigned 64-bit integer''' return np.uint64(struct.unpack('>Q', f.read(8))[0]) def _read_float32(f): '''Read a 32-bit float''' return np.float32(struct.unpack('>f', f.read(4))[0]) def _read_float64(f): '''Read a 64-bit float''' return np.float64(struct.unpack('>d', f.read(8))[0]) class Pointer(object): '''Class used to define pointers''' def __init__(self, index): self.index = index return class ObjectPointer(Pointer): '''Class used to define object pointers''' pass def _read_string(f): '''Read a string''' length = _read_long(f) if length > 0: chars = _read_bytes(f, length) _align_32(f) chars = asstr(chars) else: warnings.warn("warning: empty strings are now set to '' instead of None") chars = '' return chars def _read_string_data(f): '''Read a data string (length is specified twice)''' length = _read_long(f) if length > 0: length = _read_long(f) string_data = _read_bytes(f, length) _align_32(f) else: warnings.warn("warning: empty strings are now set to '' instead of None") string_data = '' return string_data def _read_data(f, dtype): '''Read a variable with a specified data type''' if dtype==1: if _read_int32(f) != 1: raise Exception("Error occurred while reading byte variable") return _read_byte(f) elif dtype==2: return _read_int16(f) elif dtype==3: return _read_int32(f) elif dtype==4: return _read_float32(f) elif dtype==5: return _read_float64(f) elif dtype==6: real = _read_float32(f) imag = _read_float32(f) return np.complex64(real + imag * 1j) elif dtype==7: return _read_string_data(f) elif dtype==8: raise Exception("Should not be here - please report this") elif dtype==9: real = _read_float64(f) imag = _read_float64(f) return np.complex128(real + imag * 1j) elif dtype==10: return Pointer(_read_int32(f)) elif dtype==11: return ObjectPointer(_read_int32(f)) elif dtype==12: return _read_uint16(f) elif dtype==13: return _read_uint32(f) elif dtype==14: return _read_int64(f) elif dtype==15: return _read_uint64(f) else: raise Exception("Unknown IDL type: %i - please report this" % dtype) def _read_structure(f, array_desc, struct_desc): ''' Read a structure, with the array and structure descriptors given as `array_desc` and `structure_desc` respectively. ''' nrows = array_desc['nelements'] ncols = struct_desc['ntags'] columns = struct_desc['tagtable'] dtype = [] for col in columns: if col['structure'] or col['array']: dtype.append(((col['name'].lower(), col['name']), np.object_)) else: if col['typecode'] in DTYPE_DICT: dtype.append(((col['name'].lower(), col['name']), DTYPE_DICT[col['typecode']])) else: raise Exception("Variable type %i not implemented" % col['typecode']) structure = np.recarray((nrows, ), dtype=dtype) for i in range(nrows): for col in columns: dtype = col['typecode'] if col['structure']: structure[col['name']][i] = _read_structure(f, \ struct_desc['arrtable'][col['name']], \ struct_desc['structtable'][col['name']]) elif col['array']: structure[col['name']][i] = _read_array(f, dtype, \ struct_desc['arrtable'][col['name']]) else: structure[col['name']][i] = _read_data(f, dtype) # Reshape structure if needed if array_desc['ndims'] > 1: warnings.warn("warning: multi-dimensional structures are now correctly reshaped") dims = array_desc['dims'][:int(array_desc['ndims'])] dims.reverse() structure = structure.reshape(dims) return structure def _read_array(f, typecode, array_desc): ''' Read an array of type `typecode`, with the array descriptor given as `array_desc`. ''' if typecode in [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 13, 14, 15]: if typecode == 1: nbytes = _read_int32(f) if nbytes != array_desc['nbytes']: raise Exception("Error occurred while reading byte array") # Read bytes as numpy array array = np.fromstring(f.read(array_desc['nbytes']), \ dtype=DTYPE_DICT[typecode]) elif typecode in [2, 12]: # These are 2 byte types, need to skip every two as they are not packed array = np.fromstring(f.read(array_desc['nbytes']*2), \ dtype=DTYPE_DICT[typecode])[1::2] else: # Read bytes into list array = [] for i in range(array_desc['nelements']): dtype = typecode data = _read_data(f, dtype) array.append(data) array = np.array(array, dtype=np.object_) # Reshape array if needed if array_desc['ndims'] > 1: dims = array_desc['dims'][:int(array_desc['ndims'])] dims.reverse() array = array.reshape(dims) # Go to next alignment position _align_32(f) return array def _read_record(f): '''Function to read in a full record''' record = {} recpos = f.tell() record['rectype'] = _read_long(f) nextrec = _read_uint32(f) nextrec += _read_uint32(f) * 2**32 _skip_bytes(f, 4) if not record['rectype'] in RECTYPE_DICT: raise Exception("Unknown RECTYPE: %i" % record['rectype']) record['rectype'] = RECTYPE_DICT[record['rectype']] if record['rectype'] in ["VARIABLE", "HEAP_DATA"]: if record['rectype'] == "VARIABLE": record['varname'] = _read_string(f) else: record['heap_index'] = _read_long(f) _skip_bytes(f, 4) rectypedesc = _read_typedesc(f) varstart = _read_long(f) if varstart != 7: raise Exception("VARSTART is not 7") if rectypedesc['structure']: record['data'] = _read_structure(f, rectypedesc['array_desc'], \ rectypedesc['struct_desc']) elif rectypedesc['array']: record['data'] = _read_array(f, rectypedesc['typecode'], \ rectypedesc['array_desc']) else: dtype = rectypedesc['typecode'] record['data'] = _read_data(f, dtype) elif record['rectype'] == "TIMESTAMP": _skip_bytes(f, 4*256) record['date'] = _read_string(f) record['user'] = _read_string(f) record['host'] = _read_string(f) elif record['rectype'] == "VERSION": record['format'] = _read_long(f) record['arch'] = _read_string(f) record['os'] = _read_string(f) record['release'] = _read_string(f) elif record['rectype'] == "IDENTIFICATON": record['author'] = _read_string(f) record['title'] = _read_string(f) record['idcode'] = _read_string(f) elif record['rectype'] == "NOTICE": record['notice'] = _read_string(f) elif record['rectype'] == "HEAP_HEADER": record['nvalues'] = _read_long(f) record['indices'] = [] for i in range(record['nvalues']): record['indices'].append(_read_long(f)) elif record['rectype'] == "COMMONBLOCK": record['nvars'] = _read_long(f) record['name'] = _read_string(f) record['varnames'] = [] for i in range(record['nvars']): record['varnames'].append(_read_string(f)) elif record['rectype'] == "END_MARKER": record['end'] = True elif record['rectype'] == "UNKNOWN": warnings.warn("Skipping UNKNOWN record") elif record['rectype'] == "SYSTEM_VARIABLE": warnings.warn("Skipping SYSTEM_VARIABLE record") else: raise Exception("record['rectype']=%s not implemented" % \ record['rectype']) f.seek(nextrec) return record def _read_typedesc(f): '''Function to read in a type descriptor''' typedesc = {} typedesc['typecode'] = _read_long(f) typedesc['varflags'] = _read_long(f) if typedesc['varflags'] & 2 == 2: raise Exception("System variables not implemented") typedesc['array'] = typedesc['varflags'] & 4 == 4 typedesc['structure'] = typedesc['varflags'] & 32 == 32 if typedesc['structure']: typedesc['array_desc'] = _read_arraydesc(f) typedesc['struct_desc'] = _read_structdesc(f) elif typedesc['array']: typedesc['array_desc'] = _read_arraydesc(f) return typedesc def _read_arraydesc(f): '''Function to read in an array descriptor''' arraydesc = {} arraydesc['arrstart'] = _read_long(f) if arraydesc['arrstart'] == 8: _skip_bytes(f, 4) arraydesc['nbytes'] = _read_long(f) arraydesc['nelements'] = _read_long(f) arraydesc['ndims'] = _read_long(f) _skip_bytes(f, 8) arraydesc['nmax'] = _read_long(f) arraydesc['dims'] = [] for d in range(arraydesc['nmax']): arraydesc['dims'].append(_read_long(f)) elif arraydesc['arrstart'] == 18: warnings.warn("Using experimental 64-bit array read") _skip_bytes(f, 8) arraydesc['nbytes'] = _read_uint64(f) arraydesc['nelements'] = _read_uint64(f) arraydesc['ndims'] = _read_long(f) _skip_bytes(f, 8) arraydesc['nmax'] = 8 arraydesc['dims'] = [] for d in range(arraydesc['nmax']): v = _read_long(f) if v != 0: raise Exception("Expected a zero in ARRAY_DESC") arraydesc['dims'].append(_read_long(f)) else: raise Exception("Unknown ARRSTART: %i" % arraydesc['arrstart']) return arraydesc def _read_structdesc(f): '''Function to read in a structure descriptor''' structdesc = {} structstart = _read_long(f) if structstart != 9: raise Exception("STRUCTSTART should be 9") structdesc['name'] = _read_string(f) predef = _read_long(f) structdesc['ntags'] = _read_long(f) structdesc['nbytes'] = _read_long(f) structdesc['predef'] = predef & 1 structdesc['inherits'] = predef & 2 structdesc['is_super'] = predef & 4 if not structdesc['predef']: structdesc['tagtable'] = [] for t in range(structdesc['ntags']): structdesc['tagtable'].append(_read_tagdesc(f)) for tag in structdesc['tagtable']: tag['name'] = _read_string(f) structdesc['arrtable'] = {} for tag in structdesc['tagtable']: if tag['array']: structdesc['arrtable'][tag['name']] = _read_arraydesc(f) structdesc['structtable'] = {} for tag in structdesc['tagtable']: if tag['structure']: structdesc['structtable'][tag['name']] = _read_structdesc(f) if structdesc['inherits'] or structdesc['is_super']: structdesc['classname'] = _read_string(f) structdesc['nsupclasses'] = _read_long(f) structdesc['supclassnames'] = [] for s in range(structdesc['nsupclasses']): structdesc['supclassnames'].append(_read_string(f)) structdesc['supclasstable'] = [] for s in range(structdesc['nsupclasses']): structdesc['supclasstable'].append(_read_structdesc(f)) STRUCT_DICT[structdesc['name']] = structdesc else: if not structdesc['name'] in STRUCT_DICT: raise Exception("PREDEF=1 but can't find definition") structdesc = STRUCT_DICT[structdesc['name']] return structdesc def _read_tagdesc(f): '''Function to read in a tag descriptor''' tagdesc = {} tagdesc['offset'] = _read_long(f) if tagdesc['offset'] == -1: tagdesc['offset'] = _read_uint64(f) tagdesc['typecode'] = _read_long(f) tagflags = _read_long(f) tagdesc['array'] = tagflags & 4 == 4 tagdesc['structure'] = tagflags & 32 == 32 tagdesc['scalar'] = tagdesc['typecode'] in DTYPE_DICT # Assume '10'x is scalar return tagdesc def _replace_heap(variable, heap): if isinstance(variable, Pointer): while isinstance(variable, Pointer): if variable.index == 0: variable = None else: variable = heap[variable.index] replace, new = _replace_heap(variable, heap) if replace: variable = new return True, variable elif isinstance(variable, np.core.records.recarray): # Loop over records for ir, record in enumerate(variable): replace, new = _replace_heap(record, heap) if replace: variable[ir] = new return False, variable elif isinstance(variable, np.core.records.record): # Loop over values for iv, value in enumerate(variable): replace, new = _replace_heap(value, heap) if replace: variable[iv] = new return False, variable elif isinstance(variable, np.ndarray): # Loop over values if type is np.object_ if variable.dtype.type is np.object_: for iv in range(variable.size): replace, new = _replace_heap(variable.item(iv), heap) if replace: variable.itemset(iv, new) return False, variable else: return False, variable class AttrDict(dict): ''' A case-insensitive dictionary with access via item, attribute, and call notations: >>> d = AttrDict() >>> d['Variable'] = 123 >>> d['Variable'] 123 >>> d.Variable 123 >>> d.variable 123 >>> d('VARIABLE') 123 ''' def __init__(self, init={}): dict.__init__(self, init) def __getitem__(self, name): return super(AttrDict, self).__getitem__(name.lower()) def __setitem__(self, key, value): return super(AttrDict, self).__setitem__(key.lower(), value) __getattr__ = __getitem__ __setattr__ = __setitem__ __call__ = __getitem__ def readsav(file_name, idict=None, python_dict=False, uncompressed_file_name=None, verbose=False): ''' Read an IDL .sav file Parameters ---------- file_name : str Name of the IDL save file. idict : dict, optional Dictionary in which to insert .sav file variables python_dict: bool, optional By default, the object return is not a Python dictionary, but a case-insensitive dictionary with item, attribute, and call access to variables. To get a standard Python dictionary, set this option to True. uncompressed_file_name : str, optional This option only has an effect for .sav files written with the /compress option. If a file name is specified, compressed .sav files are uncompressed to this file. Otherwise, readsav will use the `tempfile` module to determine a temporary filename automatically, and will remove the temporary file upon successfully reading it in. verbose : bool, optional Whether to print out information about the save file, including the records read, and available variables. Returns ---------- idl_dict : AttrDict or dict If `python_dict` is set to False (default), this function returns a case-insensitive dictionary with item, attribute, and call access to variables. If `python_dict` is set to True, this function returns a Python dictionary with all variable names in lowercase. If `idict` was specified, then variables are written to the dictionary specified, and the updated dictionary is returned. ''' # Initialize record and variable holders records = [] if python_dict or idict: variables = {} else: variables = AttrDict() # Open the IDL file f = open(file_name, 'rb') # Read the signature, which should be 'SR' signature = _read_bytes(f, 2) if signature != asbytes('SR'): raise Exception("Invalid SIGNATURE: %s" % signature) # Next, the record format, which is '\x00\x04' for normal .sav # files, and '\x00\x06' for compressed .sav files. recfmt = _read_bytes(f, 2) if recfmt == asbytes('\x00\x04'): pass elif recfmt == asbytes('\x00\x06'): if verbose: print "IDL Save file is compressed" if uncompressed_file_name: fout = open(uncompressed_file_name, 'w+b') else: fout = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.sav') if verbose: print " -> expanding to %s" % fout.name # Write header fout.write(asbytes('SR\x00\x04')) # Cycle through records while True: # Read record type rectype = _read_long(f) fout.write(struct.pack('>l', int(rectype))) # Read position of next record and return as int nextrec = _read_uint32(f) nextrec += _read_uint32(f) * 2**32 # Read the unknown 4 bytes unknown = f.read(4) # Check if the end of the file has been reached if RECTYPE_DICT[rectype] == 'END_MARKER': fout.write(struct.pack('>I', int(nextrec) % 2**32)) fout.write(struct.pack('>I', int((nextrec - (nextrec % 2**32)) / 2**32))) fout.write(unknown) break # Find current position pos = f.tell() # Decompress record rec_string = zlib.decompress(f.read(nextrec-pos)) # Find new position of next record nextrec = fout.tell() + len(rec_string) + 12 # Write out record fout.write(struct.pack('>I', int(nextrec % 2**32))) fout.write(struct.pack('>I', int((nextrec - (nextrec % 2**32)) / 2**32))) fout.write(unknown) fout.write(rec_string) # Close the original compressed file f.close() # Set f to be the decompressed file, and skip the first four bytes f = fout f.seek(4) else: raise Exception("Invalid RECFMT: %s" % recfmt) # Loop through records, and add them to the list while True: r = _read_record(f) records.append(r) if 'end' in r: if r['end']: break # Close the file f.close() # Find heap data variables heap = {} for r in records: if r['rectype'] == "HEAP_DATA": heap[r['heap_index']] = r['data'] # Find all variables for r in records: if r['rectype'] == "VARIABLE": replace, new = _replace_heap(r['data'], heap) if replace: r['data'] = new variables[r['varname'].lower()] = r['data'] if verbose: # Print out timestamp info about the file for record in records: if record['rectype'] == "TIMESTAMP": print "-"*50 print "Date: %s" % record['date'] print "User: %s" % record['user'] print "Host: %s" % record['host'] break # Print out version info about the file for record in records: if record['rectype'] == "VERSION": print "-"*50 print "Format: %s" % record['format'] print "Architecture: %s" % record['arch'] print "Operating System: %s" % record['os'] print "IDL Version: %s" % record['release'] break # Print out identification info about the file for record in records: if record['rectype'] == "IDENTIFICATON": print "-"*50 print "Author: %s" % record['author'] print "Title: %s" % record['title'] print "ID Code: %s" % record['idcode'] break print "-"*50 print "Successfully read %i records of which:" % \ (len(records)) # Create convenience list of record types rectypes = [r['rectype'] for r in records] for rt in set(rectypes): if rt != 'END_MARKER': print " - %i are of type %s" % (rectypes.count(rt), rt) print "-"*50 if 'VARIABLE' in rectypes: print "Available variables:" for var in variables: print " - %s [%s]" % (var, type(variables[var])) print "-"*50 if idict: for var in variables: idict[var] = variables[var] return idict else: return variables