From 2ebdb15398bcd19d650afd0ff4b034ab0aae1706 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregory Danielson <gregory.danielson3@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2020 16:37:26 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Adjust ipcachewrite to account for region addition

---
 lib/location.py | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/location.py b/lib/location.py
index 2dd190b..337772e 100644
--- a/lib/location.py
+++ b/lib/location.py
@@ -90,10 +90,15 @@ def geolocator(location):
 
 
 def ipcachewrite(ip_addr, location):
-    cached = os.path.join(IP2LCACHE, ip_addr)
+    """ Write a retrieved ip+location into cache
+        Can stress some filesystems after long term use, see
+        https://stackoverflow.com/questions/466521/how-many-files-can-i-put-in-a-directory
+    """
+    cachefile = os.path.join(IP2LCACHE, ip_addr)
     if not os.path.exists(IP2LCACHE):
         os.makedirs(IP2LCACHE)
-    with open(cached, 'w') as file:
+
+    with open(cachefile, 'w') as file:
         file.write(location[0] + ';' + location[1] + ';' + location[2])
         # like ip2location format, but reversed