A very simple [De]Activator for config files

This tool renames files by adding and removing a predefined prefix and suffix. It's intented use is to quickly activate and deactivate config files.

Installation

$ pip install ActDeact

Usage

Usage: actDeact [options] args

Options:
  --version         show program's version number and exit
  -h, --help        show this help message and exit
  -a, --activate    Activate file(s)
  -d, --deactivate  Deactivate file(s)
  -v, --verbose     Verbose output
  -c, --config      Show the filename of the config file for editing

Also two helper programs act and deact are provided. They are aliases to actDeact -d and actDeact -a and pass every argument directly to those programs.

Example

actDeact -d foo renames foo to foo_bak by default. This is equivaltent to deact foo . actDeact -a foo renames foo_bak to foo by default. This is equivaltent to act foo .

Configuration

actDeact -c shows the filename of the configuration file. Its default content is:

[Main]
Prefix=
Suffix=_bak

In this file a prefix and a suffix can be set.