FastdlUpdater

Simple python script to update and maintain fastdl folder for games such as CS:GO.

What it can do:

• Add and compress to bz2 format (Only if the file is smaller then 150mb) files from your game root directory to fastdl directory;
• Remove files from fastdl if they aren't in your game root directory anymore (Will also delete empty folders that are left on fastdl);
• Update files that were changed in game root directory and don't match to fastdl ones (Only when full argument is specified);
• Will look only for required files in game root directory (For example only .bsp and .nav files in maps/ folder).

Requirements:

• Python 3.4.2 and above;

Usage:

1. Edit gameRootFolder and fastdlRootFolder variables in fastdl.py to point directly into game root folder and fastdl folder respectivly, relative to fastdl.py script (Use only / as a separator!);
2. Optionally edit the fastdl_blacklist.txt file to blacklist default files you don't want to be added to the fastdl.
3. Run the fastdl.py script, and it should start updating your fastdl folder.
4. Additionally you can use optional arguments if you seek a need in this (Refer to arguments section);

Arguments:

• -h, --help: Prints this help info;
• -f, --full_check: Performs full check on all files to ensure their validity (NOTE: The operation is very costly!!!);
• -v {0, 1, 2}, --verbose {0, 1, 2}: Verbosity levels (default: 2):
  • 0 - Only changes to the data would be printed;
  • 1 - Header, footer, and data changes would be printed;
  • 2 - Header, footer, blacklist notifications, comparison info (if -f is used) and data changes would be printed;

Example crontab usage:

*/5 * * * * USER "python3 PATH/fastdl.py" > /dev/null 2>&1 - where */5 * * * * will run the script every 5 minutes, USER is a user to run the script, PATH/fastdl.py is an absolute path to fastdl.py script, > /dev/null 2>&1 would null the input and output streams.