Using PyPI

To run from PyPI, simply do a

pip install simpledsapp

and run with

simpledsapp.py --man /tmp /tmp

to get inline help. To copy from one directory to another, simply do

simpledsapp.py /some/input/directory /destination/directory

Using docker run

To run using docker, be sure to assign an “input” directory to /incoming and an output directory to /outgoing. Make sure that the $(pwd)/out directory is world writable!

Now, prefix all calls with

docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/out:/outgoing                             \
        fnndsc/pl-simpledsapp simpledsapp.py                        \

Thus, getting inline help is:

mkdir in out && chmod 777 out
docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/in:/incoming -v $(pwd)/out:/outgoing      \
        fnndsc/pl-simpledsapp simpledsapp.py                        \
        --man                                                       \
        /incoming /outgoing

Copy from input to output with a prefix

Assign an “input” directory to /incoming and an output directory to /outgoing

mkdir in out && chmod 777 out
docker run -v $(pwd)/in:/incoming -v $(pwd)/out:/outgoing       \
        fnndsc/pl-simpledsapp simpledsapp.py                    \
        --prefix test-                                          \
        --sleepLength 0                                         \
        /incoming /outgoing

The above will create a copy of each file in the container’s /incoming and prefix the file copied with the prefix text (in this case “test-“). The copies will be stored in the container’s /outgoing directory.

Simply write a timestamp to the output directory, ignoring the input completely

Assign an “input” directory to /incoming and an output directory to /outgoing

mkdir in out && chmod 777 out
docker run -v $(pwd)/in:/incoming -v $(pwd)/out:/outgoing       \
        fnndsc/pl-simpledsapp simpledsapp.py                    \
        --ignoreInputDir                                        \
        /incoming /outgoing

This will simply create a file called timestamp.json in the output directory. This mode is useful to just create mock nodes in a Feed tree.