Source code for egaia.egaia_log

import os
import egaia_config

logfile = os.path.expanduser(egaia_config.getConfig(section='archive', 
                                key='logfile'))

def writeLog(line):
    """Write a line to the log file"""
    try:
        with open(logfile, 'a') as log:
            log.write('\n'+line)
        return
    except:
        return "Error writing to log file!"    
    
def logRename(original, modified):
    """Log renames so that we can undo changes later"""
    writeLog('mv %s %s' % (original, modified))
    

def _cli(args):
    """egaia log
    
    Print destructive actions such as file renames to the archive log, so they
    can potentially be undone later.
    
    Usage:
        egaia log --help
        egaia log --rename ORIGINAL MODIFIED
                    
    """
    
    if args['--rename']:
        logRename(args['--rename'], args['MODIFIED'])