utility scripts to create new users, and staff_* groups for courses

utility-scripts/create_groups.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# File:   create_groups.py
+# Date:   04-Aug-12
+# Author: I. Chuang <ichuang@mit.edu>
+#
+# Create all staff_* groups for classes in data directory.
+
+import os, sys, string, re
+
+sys.path.append(os.path.abspath('.'))
+os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'lms.envs.dev'
+from lms.envs.dev import *
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User, Group
+from path import path
+
+data_dir = settings.DATA_DIR
+print "data_dir = %s" % data_dir
+
+for course_dir in os.listdir(data_dir):
+    # print course_dir
+    if not os.path.isdir(path(data_dir) / course_dir):
+        continue
+    gname = 'staff_%s' % course_dir
+    if Group.objects.filter(name=gname):
+        print "group exists for %s" % gname
+        continue
+    g = Group(name=gname)
+    g.save()
+    print "created group %s" % gname