# HG changeset patch
# User greg
# Date 1566235576 14400
# Node ID 5dead354dad9e79324788535d0452761dcf4bfe6
# Parent  76215853559f559e8daac20d3aca87044cf5937e
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diff -r 76215853559f -r 5dead354dad9 update_stag_database.py
--- a/update_stag_database.py	Thu Aug 15 13:07:32 2019 -0400
+++ b/update_stag_database.py	Mon Aug 19 13:26:16 2019 -0400
@@ -201,7 +201,12 @@
     def get_config_settings(self):
         config_defaults = get_config_settings(self.args.config_file)
         self.db_name = get_value_from_config(config_defaults, 'DB_NAME')
-        self.db_storage_dir = get_value_from_config(config_defaults, 'DB_STORAGE_DIR')
+        base_storage_dir = get_value_from_config(config_defaults, 'DB_STORAGE_DIR')
+        # Use the date to name the storage directory to
+        # enable storing a file per day (multiple runs
+        # per day will overwrite the existing file.
+        date_str = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y_%m_%d")
+        self.db_storage_dir = os.path.join(base_storage_dir, date_str)
 
     def get_next_sample_id(self):
         cmd = "SELECT sample_id FROM sample ORDER by id DESC;"