archive update (with location specified in local-config.ini) and small updates of links

code/utils/constants.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Paths, properties.
 """
 
 import os
+import configparser
 
 # paths
 root_path = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.path.pardir, os.path.pardir))
@@ -10,4 +11,16 @@ entries_path = os.path.join(root_path, 'entries')
 tocs_path = os.path.join(entries_path, 'tocs')
 code_path = os.path.join(root_path, 'code')
 
-local_properties_file = os.path.join(root_path, 'local.properties')
+local_config_file = os.path.join(root_path, 'local-config.ini')
+
+config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+config.read(local_config_file)
+
+
+def get_config(key):
+    """
+
+    :param key:
+    :return:
+    """
+    return config['general'][key]

code/utils/utils.py

@@ -146,12 +146,12 @@ def determine_latest_last_modified_date(folder):
     return latest_last_modified
 
 
-def subprocess_run(cmd, display=True):
+def subprocess_run(cmd, display=True, shell=False, env={}):
     """
     Runs a cmd via subprocess and displays the std output in case of success or the std error output in case of failure
     where it also stops execution.
     """
-    result = subprocess.run(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    result = subprocess.run(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, shell=shell, env=dict(os.environ, **env))
     if result.returncode:
         if display:
             print("error {} in call {}".format(result.returncode, cmd))