P5 Project Archiver

This script looks into a root folder for projects. Each subdirectory of this folder is considered a project. The script will check all files in each project, validate that its modification time is older than the defined requirement in days, and archive the folder if all items meets the requirements.

Prerequisites

• Archiware P5
• Python 2.7 or newer

Usage

usage: p5_project_archiver.py [-h] [-n PATH] -u P5_USER -p P5_PASS -a P5_IP -s
                              PATH [-r INT] -l INT -t INT [--dry-run]
                              [--log-location LOGLOC]

Options overview

short flag	long flag	description
-h	--help	show this help message and exit
-n	--nsdchat PATH	Path to P5 directory. If left unset, /usr/local/aw will be used
-u	--username P5_USER	Username of authorized P5 server user
-p	--password P5_PASS	Password of authorized P5 server user
-a	--address P5_IP	IP or DNS name of P5 server
-s	--source-directory PATH	Root of projects directory
-r	--port INT	Port the P5 server is running on. If left unset, 8000 will be used.
-l	--plan INT	Which P5 Archive Plan to be used.
-t	--settle-time INT	Time (in days) that a file in project has to be untouched to trigger an archive of the project
	--dry-run	Dry run all folders, but do not actually archive
	--log-location LOGLOC	Change log location. Default is /var/log/p5_project_archiver.log