still issues with the decorators...

binarycpython/utils/dataIO.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import json
 import msgpack
 import os
 import pathlib
+import subprocess
 import time
 from typing import Union, Any
 
@@ -734,9 +735,19 @@ class dataIO():
     def NFSpath(self,path):
         """
         Test path to see if it's on an NFS mount.
-        """
-        if os.path.exists(path) and os.path.ismount(path):
-            s = os.stat(path)
-            print(s)
 
-        # use `stat -f -L -c %T "$_[0]"`=~/^nfs/io ? 1 : 0;
+        Args:
+            path : the path to be tested
+
+        Returns:
+            True : if on an NFS mount point.
+            False : if not.
+            None : if the path does not exist.
+        """
+        if os.path.exists(path):
+            cmd = 'stat -f -L -c %T "' + path + '"'
+            return 'nfs' in subprocess.Popen(cmd,
+                                             shell=True,
+                                             stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.read().decode()
+        else:
+            return None

binarycpython/utils/spacing_functions.py

@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ class spacing_functions():
         else:
             __decorator = __dummy_decorator
 
-        @__decorator()
+        @__decorator
         def _const_dt(cachedir=None,
                       num_cores=None,
                       bse_options_json=None, # JSON string