+1 to what Alan said. Its not clear what you are asking & if you are asking something at all.
( to me, it seems like you are answering someone's query & accidentally posted here on the python tutor mailing list) sent from mobile device ; excuse typos & auto-correct errors On Jan 9, 2016 00:17, "Alan Gauld" <alan.ga...@btinternet.com> wrote: > On 08/01/16 14:04, sebastian cheung via Tutor wrote: > > * take an s3 destination path as an argument optionally containing the > string ++DATE++ as a placeholder (e.g. s3://my-bucket/objects/++DATE++/, > s3://my-bucket/objects/++DATE++/file-++DATE++.txt and > s3://my-bucket/objects/ should all be valid) > > I already have something for something more simple, but for s3 maybe use > awscli etc? Thanks Seb > > I have no idea what you are asking about (other than I > assume its something related to AWS?). This is the python > tutor list for answering questions about the Python language > and its standard library. Did you mean to post here? > > If so you need to give us a bit more information about > what you are doing and what exactly you want help with. > > > def dateType(string): > > """ > > Convert a date string to a date object > > """ > > try: > > date = datetime.datetime.strptime(string, '%Y-%m-%d').date() > > except ValueError: > > msg = "%r is not a valid date" % string > > raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError(msg) > > return date > > > > > > def is_valid_file(parser, arg): > > if not os.path.exists(arg): > > parser.error("The file %s does not exist!" % arg) > > else: > > return open(arg, 'r')parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( > > description="Take CLI options called start-date and end-date, > which must be formatted YYYY-MM-DD. " > > "These should default to today if not supplied", > > epilog="See http://bitbucket.org/niceseb/ for details about the > Project Time Tracker.") > > parser.add_argument('-e', '--end-date', metavar='DATE', type=dateType, > default=datetime.date.today(), > > help='the date tracking data should start at, > inclusive in the format YYYY-MM-DD (defaults to today)') > > parser.add_argument('-s', '--start-date', metavar='DATE', type=dateType, > default=datetime.date.today(), > > help='the date tracking data should end at, > inclusive in the format YYYY-MM-DD (defaults to today)') > > parser.add_argument('-v', action='version', version='%(prog)s 1.0') > > parser.add_argument('-i', dest="filename", required=False, help="input > file name", metavar="FILE", > > type=lambda x: is_valid_file(parser, x)) > > > -- > Alan G > Author of the Learn to Program web site > http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ > http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld > Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor