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This tool can be used to mirror files from a source directory to a destination directory. You can specify one file using `destination` and `source` or define many files using `source_map` (a csv with source,destination file per line).
"""
This tool can be used to mirror files from a source directory to a destination
directory. You can specify one file using `destination` and `source` or define
many files using `source_map` (a csv with source,destination file per line).
"""
import argparse
import os
import time
if __name__ == "__main__":
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Listen for file changes and mirror changed files to a second location.')
parser.add_argument('-s', '--source', dest='source', action='store',
default=None, help='The source file', required=False)
parser.add_argument('-d', '--destination', dest='destination',
action='store', default=None, help='The destination file',
required=False)
parser.add_argument('-m', '--source_map', dest='source_map', action='store',
default=None, help='A CSV file mapping multiple source files to '
'multiple targets', required=False)
args = parser.parse_args()
if not (args.source_map or (args.source and args.destination)):
raise ValueError(
"You must provide either a source_map of files or "
"a source and destination file")
file_list = []
if args.source and args.destination:
file_list.append((args.source, args.destination,))
if args.source_map:
source_map = os.path.normpath(args.source_map)
with open(source_map, 'rb') as f:
for line in f.readlines():
file_list.append(tuple(line.strip().split(",")))
last_checked_map = {}
# currently only ctrl+c will terminate
while (True):
for t in file_list:
source_file = os.path.normpath(t[0])
destination_file = os.path.normpath(t[1])
try:
stat = os.stat(source_file)
except OSError as e:
print "Encountered a OSError, skipping file:"
print e
continue
last_time = last_checked_map.get(source_file)
if not last_time or stat.st_mtime > last_time:
f = open(source_file, 'rb')
filedata = f.read()
f.close()
with open(destination_file, 'w') as f:
f.writelines(filedata)
last_checked_map[source_file] = stat.st_mtime
print "File %s changed, updated %s" % (
source_file, destination_file)
time.sleep(1)
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What line do i need to enter my file paths?

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