I love to take notes and capture memories in an uncomplicated manner. Often I only take a screenshot or safe a file and store it in a folder. This little tool helps me to keep my memory vaults clean. Whenever a new file is added to the folder, it renames the file to yyyy_MM_dd_filename. The date is calculated from the file creation date, and for OSX screenshots the parsed date from the filename.

Usage

The simplest way to sort an existing directory once is by using the run command:

notevault run folder

If you want the tool to automatically sort your directory every hour, you can enable (or later disable) the tool:

notevault enable folder

Use -h to see all options:

usage: notevault [-h] [-d] [-v] [-Y]
                {enable,disable,run,reset,status} [directory]

Brings order to a chaotic world.

positional arguments:
  {enable,disable,run,reset,status}
                        Setups cron job for this directory
  directory

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -d, --dry             Dry run: Do not rename files, only print
  -v, --verbose         Verbose: Prints file rename descriptions

Installation

notevault will be available through pipsoon. In the meanwhile, you can install it by

python setup.py install

Requirements

The tool is based on a UNIX-cron system and runs on Python2.6.

License

notevault is released under an MIT license. See LICENSE for more information.

To-Do

• Only add one cron and safe user configuration some where else.