Merges separate Soarian XML files into one xml

merge_files.py

#!/usr/bin/python
#
# Soarian Merge Script
# Created By Ed Botzum
#
# This script reads the specified input xml files in the specified 
# directory and merges them into one mod file.  It then deletes the 
# specified files from the processing directory.

import glob
import os
import sys
import xml.dom.minidom

mod_file     = open( 'soar_' + sys.argv[1] + '.xml', 'w' )
directory    = sys.argv[2]
input_files  = sys.argv[3]
if not os.path.exists( directory + '/backup' ): os.makedirs( directory + '/backup' )

if len(sys.argv) == 5:
  delete_files = sys.argv[4]
  files = delete_files.split( '-' )
  for delete_file in files:
    print '\nRemoving ' + delete_file + ' files'
    print '-----------------------------------------------'
    for filename in glob.glob( directory + "/" + delete_file + "*" ):
      print '  Deleting ' + filename
      os.remove( filename )

print '\nDeleting old backup files'
print '-----------------------------------------------'
for filename in glob.glob( directory + "/backup/" + input_files + "*" ):
  print '  Deleting ' + filename
  os.remove( filename)

mod_file.write( "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>" )
mod_file.write( '<Batches>' )

print '\nMerging ' + input_files + ' files'
print '-----------------------------------------------'
for filename in glob.glob( directory + "/" + input_files + "*" ):
  print '  Appending ' + filename
  input_file = open( filename, 'r' )
  input_xml = input_file.read()
  first_statement_loc = input_xml.index( '<serialization' )
  input_xml = input_xml[first_statement_loc:-10]
  input_file.close
  mod_file.write( input_xml )
  mod_file.flush

  os.rename( filename, directory + '/backup/' + os.path.basename( filename ) )

mod_file.write( '</Batches>' )
mod_file.close

print '\nExecution Complete'
print ' Merged file written to soar_' + sys.argv[1] + '.xml\n'

soar_merge_hhrr.sh

python merge_files.py hhrr input NSB GPS-GBD-NP