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`IPython.core.profiledir:ProfileDir.find_profile_dir_by_name`

source: /IPython/core/profiledir.py :202

Summary

Find an existing profile dir by profile name, return its ProfileDir.

Extended Summary

This searches through a sequence of paths for a profile dir. If it is not found, a ProfileDirError exception will be raised.

The search path algorithm is: 1. os.getcwd() # removed for security reason. 2. ipython_dir

Parameters

ipython_dir : unicode or str: The IPython directory to use.
name : unicode or str: The name of the profile. The name of the profile directory will be "profile_<profile>".

Aliases

IPython.core.application.ProfileDir.find_profile_dir_by_name