Add script to generate transfers

.gitignore

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ qubit-git
 *~
 localDevSetup/ETCsudoersBackup
 
+TestTransfers/files_with_various_encodings/
+
 #eclipse IDE files
 .project
 .pydevproject

createtransfers.py

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python2
+"""This executable creates Archivematica sample and/or test transfers.
+
+Possible reasons for creating transfers dynamically instead of just including
+them in the repository include:
+
+1. The transfers are very large.
+2. The transfers contain directories or files whose names are in non-standard
+   encodings which can bork on certain platforms.
+
+Usage:
+
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import os
+import shutil
+
+
+HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+
+VARIOUS_ENCODINGS = (
+    {
+        'dir_name': 'windows_1252',
+        'encoding': 'cp1252',
+        'file_name': u's\xf8ster'
+    }, {
+        'dir_name': 'shift_jis',
+        'encoding': 'shift-jis',
+        'file_name': u'\u307d\u3063\u3077\u308b\u30e1\u30a4\u30eb'
+    }, {
+        'dir_name': 'big5',
+        'encoding': 'big5',
+        'file_name': u'\u5ee3\u5dde'
+    }
+)
+
+
+def create_variously_encoded_files():
+    """Create files with strange (non-UTF8) encodings under
+    TestTransfers/files_with_various_encodings/
+    """
+    target_path = os.path.join(
+        HERE, 'TestTransfers', 'files_with_various_encodings')
+    for encoding_info in VARIOUS_ENCODINGS:
+        encoding_dir_path = os.path.join(
+            target_path, encoding_info['dir_name'])
+        if os.path.exists(encoding_dir_path):
+            shutil.rmtree(encoding_dir_path)
+        os.makedirs(encoding_dir_path)
+        encoding = encoding_info['encoding']
+        file_name_unicode = encoding_info['file_name']
+        file_name_bytes = file_name_unicode.encode(encoding)
+        file_path_bytes = os.path.join(encoding_dir_path, file_name_bytes)
+        with open(file_path_bytes, 'w') as fout:
+            fout.write('The name of this file is encoded with encoding'
+                       ' {}\n'.format(encoding))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    COMMANDS = {
+        'create-variously-encoded-files': create_variously_encoded_files,
+    }
+    description = (
+        'Create Archivematica Transfers. Available commands:\n  {}'.format(
+            '\n  '.join(COMMANDS)))
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description=description, formatter_class=argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter)
+    parser.add_argument('command')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    try:
+        COMMANDS[args.command]()
+    except KeyError:
+        print 'No such command: {}'.format(args.command)