#!/usr/bin/python3 """ This helper script will set the modify date (mtime) of a selected file. Copyright (C) 2024 Benjamin Burkhardt This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see . """ """ Useful links: - https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html#argparse-type - https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html - https://www.tutorialspoint.com/How-to-get-file-creation-and-modification-date-times-in-Python - https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html#os.utime - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modification,_Access,_Change - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_prefix """ import argparse import datetime import os class COLORS: HEADER = '\033[95m' OKBLUE = '\033[94m' OKCYAN = '\033[96m' OKGREEN = '\033[92m' WARNING = '\033[93m' FAIL = '\033[91m' ENDC = '\033[0m' BOLD = '\033[1m' UNDERLINE = '\033[4m' class LOGGER: def __init__(self, verbose: bool = False): self.verbose = verbose def log(self, to_log, verbose=False, end="\n"): to_log = to_log + COLORS.ENDC if (self.verbose and verbose) or not verbose: # only print if it's not verbose or verbose is enabled print(to_log, end=end) # set up the ArgumentParser for the CLI parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( description='modify_mtime.py Copyright (C) 2024 Benjamin Burkhardt\r\n' 'This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY and is licensed under the ' 'GNU General Public License 3.\r\n' 'You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License\r\n' 'along with this program. If not, see .\r\n' '\r\n' 'This helper script will set the modify date (mtime) of a selected file.\r\n' 'The time arguments shall be given as positive or negative integers.\r\n' 'BE AWARE THAT ALL CHANGES TO THE FILES CANNOT BE UNDONE! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!', epilog='by Benjamin Burkhardt, 2024', add_help=False, formatter_class=argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter) parser.add_argument('-f', '--file', type=str, default='') parser.add_argument('-mus', '--microsecond', type=int, default=0) parser.add_argument('-ms', '--millisecond', type=int, default=0) parser.add_argument('-s', '--second', type=int, default=0) parser.add_argument('-m', '--minute', type=int, default=0) parser.add_argument('-h', '--hour', type=int, default=0) parser.add_argument('-d', '--day', type=int, default=0, help='REQUIRED') parser.add_argument('-mo', '--month', type=int, default=0, help='REQUIRED') parser.add_argument('-y', '--year', type=int, default=0, help='REQUIRED') parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true', help='enable verbose output') # on/off flag parser.add_argument('--help', action='store_true', help='display this help message and exit') # on/off flag # parse given arguments args = parser.parse_args() # set up logger logger = LOGGER(args.verbose) # print help and exit if prompted to if args.help: parser.print_help() exit(0) # check for an empty filename argument if args.file == '': logger.log(COLORS.FAIL + 'You need to specify a filename to set the modification time of it.') parser.print_usage() exit(1) # check for missing year, month or day args if args.year == 0 or args.month == 0 or args.day == 0: logger.log(COLORS.FAIL + 'You need to give at least the --year, --month and --day arguments!') parser.print_usage() exit(1) # create the datetime object with the given date new_absolute_time = datetime.datetime(year=args.year, month=args.month, day=args.day, hour=args.hour, minute=args.minute, second=args.second, microsecond=args.millisecond*1000+args.microsecond) # log start of the manipulation process in verbose mode if args.verbose: print(f'[DEBUG] Setting the new mtime') # Now set it! atime_timestamp = os.stat(args.file).st_atime # get atime timestamp (as os.utime requires this as an argument - we leave it unchanged) mtime_timestamp = new_absolute_time.timestamp() # get the mtime timestamp from the respective datetime object os.utime(args.file, (atime_timestamp, mtime_timestamp)) # set the new mtime (atime stays unchanged)