Remove get_security_file function

IPython/paths.py

@@ -116,34 +116,3 b" def locate_profile(profile='default'):"
         # IOError makes more sense when people are expecting a path
         raise IOError("Couldn't find profile %r" % profile)
     return pd.location
-
-def get_security_file(filename, profile='default'):
-    """Return the absolute path of a security file given by filename and profile
-
-    This allows users and developers to find security files without
-    knowledge of the IPython directory structure. The search path
-    will be ['.', profile.security_dir]
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-
-    filename : str
-        The file to be found. If it is passed as an absolute path, it will
-        simply be returned.
-    profile : str [default: 'default']
-        The name of the profile to search.  Leaving this unspecified
-        The file to be found. If it is passed as an absolute path, fname will
-        simply be returned.
-
-    Returns
-    -------
-    Raises :exc:`IOError` if file not found or returns absolute path to file.
-    """
-    # import here, because profiledir also imports from utils.path
-    from IPython.core.profiledir import ProfileDir
-    try:
-        pd = ProfileDir.find_profile_dir_by_name(get_ipython_dir(), profile)
-    except Exception:
-        # will raise ProfileDirError if no such profile
-        raise IOError("Profile %r not found")
-    return filefind(filename, ['.', pd.security_dir])

IPython/utils/path.py

@@ -375,13 +375,6 b' def filehash(path):'
     with open(path, "rU") as f:
         return md5(py3compat.str_to_bytes(f.read())).hexdigest()
 
-@undoc
-def get_security_file(filename, profile='default'):
-    warn("get_security_file has moved to the IPython.paths module")
-    from IPython.paths import get_security_file
-    return get_security_file(filename, profile=profile)
-
-
 ENOLINK = 1998
 
 def link(src, dst):

examples/Parallel Computing/iopubwatcher.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 b' import zmq'
 
 from IPython.kernel.zmq.session import Session
 from IPython.utils.py3compat import str_to_bytes
-from IPython.utils.path import get_security_file
+from jupyter_client.connect import find_connection_file
 
 def main(connection_file):
     """watch iopub channel, and print messages"""
@@ -73,5 +73,5 b" if __name__ == '__main__':"
         cf = sys.argv[1]
     else:
         # This gets the security file for the default profile:
-        cf = get_security_file('ipcontroller-client.json')
+        cf = find_connection_file('ipcontroller-client.json')
     main(cf)