I sometimes redistribute Apple Mac OS update packages to team members. Apple's Software Update Server doesn't make it easy to find where the packages are stored. This script will find the proper directory and open it in the Finder for you.

SUS_update_finder.py

#!/usr/bin/python
"""
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"""
from __future__ import print_function

import glob
import os
import subprocess
import sys
import xml.etree.cElementTree

def main():
    r"""
    # make a tool that automates this:
    # cd /Library/Server/Software\ Update/ ; find . -name '031-97236'
    # cd ./Data/html/content/downloads/57/03/031-97236/6cil6325mcnct1bpp7wmg7hzb9xcvnl7os/
    # open .

    # usage: SUS_update_finder.py 031-97236

    # output:
    # Searching for: 091-04692
    # Found: /Library/Server/Software Update/Data/html/content/downloads/33/24/091-04692/kmw11cvk7g73o86grl5z0fn5s9sia060vz
    # Opening...
    #    ________
    # --/ Output \-----------------------------------------
    #  title:               GatekeeperConfigData
    #  Verson A:            110
    #  Verson B:            110.1.1490377414
    #  Verson C:            110
    #     __________________________
    # ---/ Archive name suggestions \----------------------
    #  GatekeeperConfigData_110
    #  GatekeeperConfigData_110.1.1490377414
    #  GatekeeperConfigData_110
    """
    update_name = sys.argv[1]
    version_b = ''
    version_c = ''

    sus_file_root = '/Library/Server/Software Update/'

    print('Searching for: %s' % update_name)
    os.chdir(sus_file_root)
    find_output = [x for x in subprocess.check_output(['/usr/bin/find', '.', '-name', update_name]).split('\n') if x]

    if len(find_output) != 1:
        print('Too much output from find: %r\nExiting...' % find_output)
        sys.exit(1)
    else:
        os.chdir(sus_file_root + find_output[0])
        ls_output = [x for x in subprocess.check_output(['ls', os.getcwd()]).split('\n') if x]

        if len(find_output) != 1:
            print('Too much output from ls: %r\nExiting...' % ls_output)
            sys.exit(1)
        else:
            os.chdir(ls_output[0])
            print('Found: %s\nOpening...' % os.getcwd())
            subprocess.call(['/usr/bin/open', os.getcwd()])

            pkg_output = glob.glob(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), '*'))
            for item in pkg_output:
                if '.pkm' in item:
                    pkm_file = item
                elif '.dist' in item:
                    dist_file = item

            pkm_tree = xml.etree.cElementTree.parse(pkm_file).getroot()
            for node in pkm_tree.iter('bundle'):
                version = node.attrib.get('CFBundleShortVersionString')
            for node in pkm_tree.iter('pkg-info'):
                version_b = node.attrib.get('version')

            dist_tree = xml.etree.cElementTree.parse(dist_file).getroot()
            for node in dist_tree.iter('pkg-ref'):
                title = node.attrib.get('id')
            for node in dist_tree.iter('localization'):
                for sub_node in node.iter('strings'):
                    version_c_raw = sub_node.text
                    version_c_raw = version_c_raw.split(';\n')
                    for item in version_c_raw:
                        if 'SU_VERS' in item:
                            version_c_raw = item.split(' = ')
                            if version_c_raw[1].split('"')[1]:
                                version_c = version_c_raw[1].split('"')[1]

            print('   ________')
            print('--/ Output \\' + '-' * 41)
            print(' {:<20} {}'.format('title:', title))
            print(' {:<20} {}'.format('Version A: ', version))
            print(' {:<20} {}'.format('Version B: ', version_b))
            print(' {:<20} {}'.format('Version C: ', version_c))
            print('    __________________________')
            print('---/ Archive name suggestions \\' + '-' * 22)
            print(' %s' % (title + '_' + version))
            print(' %s' % (title + '_' + version_b))
            print(' %s' % (title + '_' + version_c))

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()