Removed some assertions to better support local operation

asci_to_vault.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ A script to transfer a tree of data files from a remote/source server to a
 local/destination computer. This runs on a local Linux machine or the eResearch dtn, on
 which the tape archive system is mounted; in our case, this is a machine at Monash.
 Prior to running this an ssh key pair must be shared between the systems. See
-https://confluence.apps.monash.edu/display/XI/Australian+Synchrotron
+https://confluence.apps.monash.edu/display/XI/ssh+between+MASSIVE+filesystem+and+ASCI
 for details on how to do this between a Monash Linux machine and ASCI
 (Australian Synchrotron Compute Infrastructure). Requires Python 3.7 or higher
 and uses the fabric module.
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ Note that current version creates two files in the same directory as this script
 
 Known issues
 ------------
-Note: The current version of fabric generates harmless warnings. This issue is
-      discussed here: https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko/issues/1369
+Note: Some versions of fabric generate a harmless warning, which can be ignored. This
+      issue is discussed here: https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko/issues/1369
 
 Notes
 -----
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ The command to count the number of files in a tarball
 $ tar -tf Lamb_Lung_Microfil_CT_18011B_right_CT.tar | wc -l
 75920
 
-Keyword arguments for fabric's Connection.run() are documented here:
-http://docs.pyinvoke.org/en/1.2/api/runners.html#invoke.runners.Runner.run
-
 """
 import os
 import re
@@ -219,18 +216,9 @@ def main(
 
     src_file_path = src_path.split("/")[:5]
 
-    if src_file_path[0] == "":
-        # Assume full path specified
-        assert "/".join(src_file_path[:4]) == f"/data/{experiment_name}/asci"
-        assert src_file_path[4] == "input" or src_file_path[4] == "output"
-    else:
-        assert src_file_path[0] == "input" or src_file_path[0] == "output"
+    if src_file_path[0] != "":
         src_path = os.path.join(f"/data/{experiment_name}/asci/", *src_file_path)
 
-    # remote_login = "gary.ruben@monash.edu@sftp1.synchrotron.org.au"
-    # src_path = f"/data/{experiment_name}/asci/output"
-    # dest_path = "/home/grub0002/bapcxi/vault/IMBL_2018_Oct_McGillick/output"
-
     sys.stdout = Logger(log_filename)       # Log all stdout to a log file
 
     print(textwrap.dedent(f"""

md5_to_vault.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ A script to generate and transfer md5 checksum files from a remote/source server
 local/destination computer. This runs on a local Linux machine or the eResearch dtn, on
 which the tape archive system is mounted; in our case, this is a machine at Monash.
 Prior to running this an ssh key pair must be shared between the systems. See
-https://confluence.apps.monash.edu/display/XI/Australian+Synchrotron
+https://confluence.apps.monash.edu/display/XI/ssh+between+MASSIVE+filesystem+and+ASCI
 for details on how to do this between a Monash Linux machine and ASCI
 (Australian Synchrotron Compute Infrastructure). Requires Python 3.7 or higher
 and uses the fabric module.
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ Running this creates two files in the same directory as this script file:
 
 Known issues
 ------------
-Note: The current version of fabric generates harmless warnings. This issue is
-      discussed here: https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko/issues/1369
+Note: Some versions of fabric generate a harmless warning, which can be ignored. This
+      issue is discussed here: https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko/issues/1369
 
 """
 import os
@@ -186,12 +186,7 @@ def main(
 
     src_file_path = src_path.split("/")[:5]
 
-    if src_file_path[0] == "":
-        # Assume full path specified
-        assert "/".join(src_file_path[:4]) == f"/data/{experiment_name}/asci"
-        assert src_file_path[4] == "input" or src_file_path[4] == "output"
-    else:
-        assert src_file_path[0] == "input" or src_file_path[0] == "output"
+    if src_file_path[0] != "":
         src_path = os.path.join(f"/data/{experiment_name}/asci/", *src_file_path)
 
     sys.stdout = Logger(log_filename)       # Log all stdout to a log file