iPython Notebook To Export CSX Data as a suitcase¶

from dataportal import DataBroker as db
import os
import sys
from suitcase import export
from time import sleep
from __future__ import print_function

FILENAME = 'scan-'  # no file extension; we take care of that below
SCAN_ID = 52326
START =  SCAN_ID
STOP = 52329
OVERWRITE = True  # If true, I will delete the file FILENAME if it exists.

# sanity check that we can see the GPFS. If this fails, give up and email Rob Petkus. There is no hope.
!ls '/GPFS/'

h = db[SCAN_ID]
h

for SCAN_ID in range(START,STOP+1):
    h = db[SCAN_ID]
    SCANNUMBER=str(SCAN_ID)
    fn = '{filename}.h5'.format(filename=FILENAME+SCANNUMBER)
    if os.path.isfile(fn):
        if OVERWRITE:
            os.remove(fn)
        else:
            raise Exception("That file already exists. Set OVERWRITE = True if you want to overwrite.")
    export([h], fn)