drip-drip 1.0.0

Provides a utility to control automatic execution when conditions are met.

drip_drip contains the python package that provides a utility to controls automatic movment of files from one directory to another such that:

• the rate of copying can be throttled; and

• the number of files in the destination directory can be limited, so that it does not become overly large.

The package includes the drip_feed command which can be used to execute the utility. The command take the name of a Dropper plug-in that assess whether there is sufficient space at the destination and when there is the plug-in will also manage the movement of the files. The plug-in can also be specified in the environmental variable DRIP_DROPPER but any value specified in this variable will be ignored if an argument is provided to the drip_feed command.

Full details for configuring the command can be found here.