add file generator for testing purpose

tests/filegenerator.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Generate files for tests.
+"""
+import argparse
+from datetime import date, timedelta
+from pathlib import Path
+import os
+
+DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_FILES = 200
+DEFAULT_PREFIX = "testfile-"
+DEFAULT_SUFFIX = ".bak"
+
+# Argument parser
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Cleanup old backups")
+# path argument
+parser.add_argument(
+    "path",
+    metavar = "PATH",
+    type = str,
+    nargs = 1,
+    help = "directory path"
+)
+# number of files
+parser.add_argument(
+    "-n", "--number-of-files",
+    type = int,
+    default = DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_FILES,
+    metavar = "N",
+    help = f"generate N files, default: {DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_FILES}"
+)
+# prefix argument
+parser.add_argument(
+    "-p", "--prefix",
+    type = str,
+    default = DEFAULT_PREFIX,
+    metavar = "PREFIX",
+    help = f"use PREFIX as file name prefix, default: {DEFAULT_PREFIX}"
+)
+# suffix argument
+parser.add_argument(
+    "-s", "--suffix",
+    type = str,
+    default = DEFAULT_SUFFIX,
+    metavar = "SUFFIX",
+    help = f"use SUFFIX as file name suffix, default: {DEFAULT_SUFFIX}"
+)
+args = parser.parse_args()
+path = args.path[0]
+number_of_files = args.number_of_files
+prefix = args.prefix
+suffix = args.suffix
+
+for i in range(number_of_files):
+    timestamp = (date.today() - timedelta(days=i)).strftime("%Y%m%d")
+    filename = f"{prefix}{timestamp}{suffix}"
+    Path(os.path.join(path, filename)).touch()
+