Changes between Version 13 and Version 14 of AlternateDistributionClient

Timestamp:

Nov 18, 2009, 1:31:20 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

welling

Comment:

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AlternateDistributionClient

@@ -7 +7 @@
  * The script is not intended to serve as a distribution server in its own right, so it cannot form part of a distribution chain using the IPP distribution mechanism.  The mirrored files can be redistributed using rsync, however.
  * The distribution protocol is pretty stable, but it may change at some future time.  That change will break the script until a corresponding update can be made.
- 
+
+== Recent Changes ==
+
+ 1. Added the --groupwrite option for the convenience of research groups that can all write each other's files.
+ 1. Made allowances for the change in the distribution system column name formerly known as 'label', briefly known as 
+'dist_group' and now known as 'data_group'.
+ 1. Moved the .mdc files that used to appear in the top level directory to the new subdirectory 'metadata'.
+
 == Installation Instructions ==
 
@@ -49 +56 @@
 This is the result of doing './update_mirror.py --help'.  Specific default paths are those for Odyssey.
 {{{
-    usage: update_mirror.py [-v][-d][--mirrorroot RootDir]
+    usage: update_mirror.py [-v][-d][--groupwrite][--mirrorroot RootDir]
                 [--statusfile Filename][--failurefile Filename]
                 [--pipecrash Filename][--logfile Filename]
@@ -55 +62 @@
                 [--select_targetid Regex][--select_stage Regex]
                 [--select_fstag Regex][--select_label Regex]
-                [--select_filter Regex]
+                [--select_filter Regex][--select_distgroup Regex]
+                [--select_datagroup Regex]
 
           where:
           -v requests verbose output
           -d requests debugging output
+          --groupwrite requests that the imported files be made
+            group writable.  The algorithm isn't terribly efficient
+            but can be convenient.
           --mirrorroot specifies the directory to store the incoming
-            distribution (default /panstarrs/data/MIRROR)
+            distribution (default /Volumes/data/PS1/data/MIRROR)
           --statusfile specifies the name of the .csv file storing
             information about the last downloaded fileset in each
@@ -78 +89 @@
             index.  The options correspond to the following columns:
 
-                ..._fsid     filesetID
-                ..._targetid target_id
-                ..._stage    stage
-                ..._fstag    fs_tag
-                ..._label    label
-                ..._filter   filter
+                ..._fsid      filesetID
+                ..._targetid  target_id
+                ..._stage     stage
+                ..._fstag     fs_tag
+                ..._filter    filter
+                ..._label     label or dist_group or data_group
+                ..._distgroup dist_group or label or data_group
+                ..._datagroup data_group or dist_group or label
 
             Any index entry for which a regex is specified must match that
-            regex to be downloaded.
+            regex to be downloaded.  The options which come in multiple
+            versions arise because of a backward compatibility issue.
 
     NOTE: if you 'kill' this script (with SIGTERM, the default) it will