--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/kharon.py	Mon Dec 08 13:25:11 2008 -0800
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+#! /usr/bin/env python3.0
+
+import os
+import sys
+import json
+import subprocess
+import distutils.dir_util
+from optparse import OptionParser
+
+HADES_DIR = os.path.expanduser('~/.Hades')
+STATE_FILENAME = os.path.join(HADES_DIR, 'state.json')
+
+class Config(object):
+    def __init__(self, filename):
+        self.__filename = filename
+        self.nextid = 0
+        if os.path.exists(self.__filename):
+            self.__dict__.update(json.load(open(self.__filename, 'r')))
+        else:
+            self.save()
+
+    def save(self):
+        state = {}
+        keys = [key for key in self.__dict__
+                if not key.startswith('__')]
+        for key in keys:
+            state[key] = self.__dict__[key]
+        json.dump(state, open(self.__filename, 'w'))
+
+def shell(*params):
+    popen = subprocess.Popen(params)
+    popen.wait()
+    if popen.returncode:
+        raise Exception('Process failed: %s' % repr(params))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if not (os.path.exists(HADES_DIR) and os.path.isdir(HADES_DIR)):
+        shell('mkdir', HADES_DIR)
+
+    parser = OptionParser()
+    (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if not args:
+        parser.print_help()
+        sys.exit(-1)
+
+    config = Config(STATE_FILENAME)
+    files = []
+    for arg in args:
+        filename = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(arg))
+        if not os.path.exists(filename):
+            print('File does not exist: %s' % arg)
+            sys.exit(-1)
+        files.append(filename)
+
+    thisid = config.nextid
+    basedir = os.path.join(HADES_DIR, '%.9d' % thisid)
+    shell('mkdir', basedir)
+    config.nextid = thisid + 1
+    config.save()
+
+    print("Creating transaction %d." % thisid)
+
+    for source in files:
+        dest = os.path.join(basedir, filename[1:])
+        distutils.dir_util.mkpath(os.path.dirname(dest))
+        shell('mv', source, dest)