QuickFIX Sequence Number Sillyness

adjust-qf-seq.py

#!/usr/bin/env python2.7

import os
import sys
import argparse

def write_seqnum(file, innum, outnum):
    try:
        fp = open(file, "w")
        fp.write("%010d : %010d" % (int(innum), int(outnum)))
        fp.close()
    except Exception as e:
        print "Could not write sequence number file: %s" % str(e)
        return -1

    return 0

def main(argv=None):
    if argv is None:
        argv = sys.argv

    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Adjust QuickFIX Sequence Number")
    parser.add_argument("--file", help="Path to QuickFIX sequence number file", required=True)
    parser.add_argument("--in", metavar="SEQNUM", help="Incoming sequence number", required=True)
    parser.add_argument("--out", metavar="SEQNUM", help="Outgoing sequence number", required=True)

    args = vars(parser.parse_args())
    retval = write_seqnum(args["file"], args["in"], args["out"])

    return retval

if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(main())