#!/usr/bin/python import sys import os try: import json except ImportError: import simplejson as json source = sys.argv[1] dest = sys.argv[2] # raise an error if there is no source file if not os.path.exists(source): print json.dumps({ "failed" : 1, "msg" : "Source %s failed to transfer" % source }) sys.exit(1) md5sum = None changed = False if os.path.exists(dest): md5sum = os.popen("md5sum %s" % dest).read() os.system("cp %s %s" % (source, dest)) md5sum2 = os.popen("md5sum %s" % dest).read() if md5sum != md5sum2: changed = True # mission accomplished print json.dumps({ "md5sum" : md5sum2, "changed" : changed })