Changelog: slk_helpers v1.8.2#

Update from slk_helpers v1.7.4 to v1.8.2

Please have a look here for a detailed description of the new features and here for an incremental changelog.

Major changes#

bugfixes in the output of the commands metadata and group_files_by_tape / gfbt
checksum and group_files_by_tape / gfbt did not work properly when files were split on multiple tapes
search_limited has be deprecated; please use slk search
group_files_by_tape / gfbt has a flag --print-progress which will cause the programm to print progress reports; this is useful because the command might run very long when the input is large

minor bugfixes in the output of the command metadata
extended the command json2hsm by the argument -j / --json-string JSON_STRING which allows to pass a JSON string directly to the command instead of writing it into a file. If a filename is provided in addition, an error is thrown.
the commands hsm2json and metadata have a new argument --print-hidden; they do not print the field netcdf.Data by default (and other sidecar data); these data are printed when the new argument --print-hidden is set

new commands:
- resource_permissions: print permissions of a resource
- resource_type: print type of a resource (‘namespace’ or ‘file’)
- resource_path: same as resourcepath
- tape_barcode: get tape barcode from tape id (barcode needed for search queries)
- tape_id: get tape id from barcode
new arguments
- --tape-barcode is new for tape_exists and tape_status
- --print-tape-barcode, -c / --count-files and --print-progress are new for group_files_by_tape / gfbt
search_limited has be deprecated; please use slk search
a file might be split into multiple parts, which are stored on separate tapes; this was not captured properly by the following commands and is fixed now:
- checksum: prints an error when a file is split because no checksum are available for the overall file (only for the file parts)
- group_files_by_tape / gfbt: properly identifies files stored on multiple tapes
job_status`: fixed a certain job status which caused job_status to fail

slk_helpers iscached might print cached although a file is not cached (will be fixed in next release)